If a car heats up when you work it hard and you can control its operating temperature by how hard you are working it, that almost always means that the radiator is plugged. I have never seen any of the miracle radiator flush products or any method of backflushing do any good. The only solution is to remove the radiator and have it dismantled, boiled and rodded out and reassembled by a radiator shop. I would guess the cost would be about $80 US if you R&R the radiator yourself.
Bill Robinson
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Diagnosing Cooling Problems
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Josh Colombo
Diagnosing Cooling Problems
I would almost recommend you just get a new radiator if it's plugged. My mom had the radiator in her 90 Toyota PU boiled and rodded out a while back.....a year or so later.....she had overheating problems again.....new radiator fixed it....so either the guys at the rad shop did a crappy job.....or you just can't get all the junk out.
Josh
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Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] RE: Diagnosing Cooling Problems
If a car heats up when you work it hard and you can control its operating temperature by how hard you are working it, that almost always means that the radiator is plugged. I have never seen any of the miracle radiator flush products or any method of backflushing do any good. The only solution is to remove the radiator and have it dismantled, boiled and rodded out and reassembled by a radiator shop. I would guess the cost would be about $80 US if you R&R the radiator yourself.
Bill Robinson
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Josh
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From: William D. Robinson [mailto:vultureboy@mindspring.com]
Sent: Tue 4/2/2002 2:58 PM
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Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] RE: Diagnosing Cooling Problems
If a car heats up when you work it hard and you can control its operating temperature by how hard you are working it, that almost always means that the radiator is plugged. I have never seen any of the miracle radiator flush products or any method of backflushing do any good. The only solution is to remove the radiator and have it dismantled, boiled and rodded out and reassembled by a radiator shop. I would guess the cost would be about $80 US if you R&R the radiator yourself.
Bill Robinson
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