I live in the Adirondacks, so it's a rusty as the rust belt gets!Īnyhow, one thing on the rig wasn't maintained, and that's the coolant! It's brown yukky junk, so I was going to run some coolant flush after I dumped the slime, but I was wondering if I could get access to a coolant flush/filter machine. the pickup has 283k, and was really well maintained, and all my trucks are from out west, so zero rust. I have many 6.2 and 6.5TD Chevy trucks, mostly Suburbans and 1 Silverado pickup. I wonder after 3+ years if I should resurrect this thread, or start a new one? I have been driving in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for over 35 years and one of the important maintenance things I have learned is to flush the cooling system on a regular basis. Climbing mountains on hot days with AC on taxes a vehicles cooling system far more than traveling 80 + MPH on some flat level highway with air rushing through the radiator, and over the engine. Combine climbing to the top of a mountain on a 99 degree F day with the AC running, and you had better have a cooling system that is very well maintained.Įvery summer there are vehicles of all makes and models that end up stranded on the side of the road on hot days. When you make your vehicle climb a mountain it is putting out the kind of power you would use to go 80 MPH on a highway, but you may only be going 35 MPH up the hill, and when you get to the top you can end up at a complete stop waiting for a traffic light.
The mountains surrounding Pittsburgh require you to travel up and down them on a regular basis. My cooling system was still clean after 15 years of only seeing occasional drain and refills with the proper Dexcool coolant and perhaps two or three over-the-counter chemical cleaners.Ĭritic, I do not mean to get on you case, but you do not drive a vehicle in mountains like Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
#BG COOLANT FLUSH COST MANUAL#
The question is, why do you need such an invasive flush?Ī properly maintained system will not have such severe build-up that a compressed air or manual flush would be needed.
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