Flushing the radiator in your Ford Windstar is crucial to the brio of the automobile. Flush the radiator at least every two second childhood to make sure that all the debris and sediments gathered in your radiator are flushed outside and eliminated. These sediments could potentially harm your Engine by building up and causing blockages, or all the more by rusting along the walls of your radiator or in your Engine. Clinch that the motorcar has been sitting for deeper than an date; the Engine must be cooled down before you set off profession.
Instructions
Flushing the Radiator
1. This will circulate the coolant and allow any trapped air to dissipate.9. Top off the radiator level with coolant. The level will go down as the air pockets dissipate.
When the coolant has drained, brisk the petcock valve.
3. Twist the radiator cap off by ability. Involve a garden hose into the fill spout of the radiator, and fill the radiator with baptize.
4. Extended the petcock valve and void the dilute; then brisk the valve again.
5. Repeat this system until the irrigate draining gone runs clarion. You may have to repeat this three or four times.
6. Add coolant once you have tightened the petcock valve. The correct mixture is 50 percent water and 50 percent antifreeze. For best results, pour in 1 gallon of antifreeze; fill the gallon container with water and empty into the radiator. Repeat this until the radiator is full.
Bleeding the Radiator System
7. Crank up the van, and let the engine idle for 15 minutes with the radiator cap off.
8. Turn the heater on and set it to hot. Unlocked the hood.2. Apartment a extract pan underneath the radiator, and extended the petcock valve on the backside of the radiator with a span of pliers.
10. Screw the radiator cap back onto the radiator. Turn off the van.
11. Dispose of the old coolant and water that came out of the radiator. Contact your local recycling center to memorize where to dispose of these chemicals.
