Cooling System Flush

Hey Tacoma Brothers,

I helped my buddy Sean do a cooling system flush on his rig. His cooling system had some nasty pond scum looking green coolant and he wanted to switch over to Toyota coolant. We made a video of it and here it is:

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I just replaced my radiator and flushed the system. Mine was pretty icky as wel!

 

here's a stupid question,if your truck holds 9.5 quarts and you only get 8 quarts out,why can't you get that last 1.5 quarts out?

 

thing like this, fluid doesn't flow uphill w/o external pressure pushing it up

 

my truck holds 9.1 quarts,so if i only get out 8 quarts the other 1.1 quart is nothing to worry about?

 

depends,
if the old coolant was still good, then don't worry
if the old fluid was past its time then a few cycles of distilled water then new coolant

 

it was old so i will do a few cycles of distilled water and let it get up to operating temp and then should i turn the heater on? and for how long ?

 

till the thermostat open and the water can make a full loop. This vid explains

 

thank you,i will check that video out.

 

The way I do it is drain the radiator fill it with distilled water using spill proof funnel. run til thermostat opens drain and repeat until it’s just water coming out. Then then drain and fill with coolant.

 

Thank you,and i guess you know the thermostat opens if you have heat coming through your vents?

 

Well the water (coolant) will start moving I just let it get to temperature.

 

got ya,thanks!