Flushing The Cooling System Before New Anti-freeze Gal Mkii

[snappy]

Hi folks, I'm looking for some advice. The coolant in my car is non exsistant (just bought the car) So naturally I need to top it up also because it stinks in the car when the I let some warmth in. What I really need to do is totally flush the system with plenty of clean water before putting new anti freeze in.

 

If there is a diagram on here for the cooling system for a 2.3 that would be helpful. In the past I've just taken off the bottom hose put a hose pipe into the expantion bottle and let it rince through.

 

Would this way of flushing be ok for this engine?

 

Thanks!

[chrispb123456]

With what you just said about lack of coolant and a bad smell coming into the cabin I think your going to have problems, as this sounds like heater matrix is leaking.

It may only be a slight leak but check around footwell area for wet carpets.

 

Keep a close eye on the coolant level,

 

another thing to check is the cabin/pollen filter, this tends to get forgotten and can get bunged up with dead leaves etc which can also smell

[snappy]

With what you just said about lack of coolant and a bad smell coming into the cabin I think your going to have problems, as this sounds like heater matrix is leaking.

It may only be a slight leak but check around footwell area for wet carpets.

 

Keep a close eye on the coolant level,

 

another thing to check is the cabin/pollen filter, this tends to get forgotten and can get bunged up with dead leaves etc which can also smell

 

Thanks for that. The car is dry. Silly question but where does the pollen filter live :9:

Edited November 2, 2012 by snappy