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I haven't had time to get back to the car since I cleaned up the gasket surfaces and torqued down the LIM, hopefully I'll get back to it tonight. I was reading into ways to clean the coolant system, like here: http://www.grandprixforums.net/dexco...edy-62341.html It seems some people in this thread think that putting DexCool back in is a good move. Why not switch to green, with all the problems DexCool causes? Also, his procedure makes it seem like he's draining/refilling with a hot engine. Seems sketchy, couldn't that potentially cause warpage/cracking issues?
I'd say 3 hours is right if I hadn't been trying to pull the LIM off with the engine mount in
Last edited by Dagriffi; 03-26-2013 at 08:47 AM.
this post i made on page one, is the best way to flush your coolant, id use only like prestone flush cleaner ( or similar) , no way id put cascade in my engine or any of that other crap.
you can flush it, then full it with water, put the flush stuff in, drive it around, then re flush the engine. add coolant then.
It's not really necessary to let the engine cool before refilling? Wasn't too sure about using cascade either..
if you drive the car with just water, and the rad cap on, yes you'll want it to cool down some before popping the cap, or you can get burnt up pretty good. 200 deg water and steam hurts bad.
I meant from a warpage standpoint. I'm probably splitting hairs here...
the rule is: never add cold water to a hot engine when its off. if you must add when its hot, make sure its running. or able to run.
during the flush it will never over heat, because you have a hose full of cold water being fed to the engine, and your only idling the car.
Wow, of all things I didn't see this being a problem...
The throttle connector, I can't get the plastic lock back down. Did the engineers get bored with regular clips and make a rubiks cube connector?
Push it down as you push the clip on
I was trying that.. it just will not go on. Something must have broken in it.. Zip ties for now. She fired up and idled smooth for a couple seconds! Not enough time for the flush tonight, probably this weekend. Many thanks guys, you've seriously been a huge help!
I must have mixed things up.. I was trying to use these for the two heater core hose brackets towards the back of the engine but the unturned diameter is too long. Does anyone have any idea what these two bolts actually go to???
Thanks,
Dan
10mm. haha, no I kept those together and used the torque sequence, so I would have known if some were missing (same for plenum). I was writing what each bolt set was on my magnet tray with a sharpie, and some overspray from cleaning the throttle body made it all illegible :/
Map sensor bracket?
I went to the local boneyard today and checked out another Grand Prix. Those are actually for the heater hose clamps in the back, I guess they wanted to give those some float with the unturned diameter.
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