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I looked in the how to section, and I searched. I know I remember seeing it here somewhere.

Could someone point me to the How To doc on flushing and filling our cars?

Thank you in advance...

Flush and fill what?

-Andy

The cooling system....

Unfortunately, there seems to be trapped pockets of coolant in the system that are difficult to flush. I did it last weekend. Only about 4 quarts comes out through the radiator drain plug, leaving about 3 in the system.
What I did:
Drained coolant into a pan, refilled with tap water, ran the car until op temp then carefully drained again (Caution hot!).
Refilled with distilled water, ran and drained again. Repeated this three times.
Finally I added a gallon of Dexcool and water pump treatment to top off.
This method avoids disassembly of any components and probably takes less time.
It would be nice if there was a drain plug on the block, but I could not find one.

Thanks all... I appreciate the help, it will be a while before I get to this, but the help is much appreciated.

Drain the coolant.
Fill with water.
Start the engine.
Continue to fill with water.
let run for 10 mins; cap off.
Stop engine
Drain the water.
Fill with water.
Start the engine.
Continue to fill with water.
let run for 10 mins; cap off.
Drain the water.
Add 50/50 dex-cool mix. (distilled water a plus)
Check coolant strength.
Top of with dex-cool or water as needed (recommend a 60/40 water/antifreeze mix)
Run with cap off the get out air pockets.
Top off as needed.