Flushing the Anti-Freeze

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

OK, finally have a question for y'all....

I know how the cooling system works in the car (I think) but how do you
flush the entire coolant system?  I want to add a jar of the nifty Prestone
Super Flush.  I figure that the easiest way is to drain some coolant (from
the radiator bottom hose) and then pop the hose from the top of the
radiator and pour the flush stuff in.  But how would I flush the entire
system when it comes to time to remove all the flush stuff - like I used to
be able to do with other cars; you know, with the Prestone Flush-n-Fill kit?

The procedure in Mr. Bentley says to open the hose-vent and pull the lower
radiator hose.  But that would leave all kinds of fluid in the system,
wouldn't it?  The only way that would work is if there were no "peaks and
valleys" in the rad hoses and engine block and heater core.  If simply
opening the vent and popping the bottom hose removes all the coolant from
the system, that's an excellent piece of engineering.  Does it?

Any other BTDTs with doing this?


Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q "Hannu" - K+N, new vac hoses, still 0.0 bar....
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally