My suggestion would be to take out radiator and have it cleaned and tested
by a radiator shop; alternatively, put in a new radiator.

John
'84 7-passenger
Macon, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: Flushing the Coolant System

> In the next week or two I will be removing my engine.  I'm going
> to take the opportunity to flush the cooling system at the same
> time.
>
> I've read through the archives and have found basically three
> methods of flushing:
>
> 1) Drain the radiator repeatedly
> 2) Add an aftermarket tee somewhere in one of the heater loops
> 3) Disconnect heater & rad hoses and backflush
>
> I'm leaning toward either #2 with no thermostat or #3.  #1 sounds
> like a lot of work, and #2 with a thermostat won't clean the whole
> cooling system.
>
> Any comments/suggestions?
>
> tabe johnson
> 87 westy/vancouver bc/xtabe@yahoo.com
>
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