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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    Originally Posted By: ToadU Just use a pre packaged flush with hose adaptor and then refill. A little oil left won't hurt anything but a full drain and and flush with a hose is more than enough to clean out the system. Don't worry about trace residual amounts. There is not a professional...
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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    Originally Posted By: stro_cruiser Are you asking advice or telling us what you intend to do? Asking advice on if it is ok to run water in my cooling system for a day or two, the other info was just there so you had an idea of what was going on, so you had the full picture.
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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    Originally Posted By: ToadU You don't need this elaborate flushing. It serves no purpose. I had to get the oil out of the system, I wouldn't be doing it for fun, haha!
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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    To the mentions of worries of me using Simple Green HD my understanding is that ford uses this to flush their engines, at least this is what I read. Also please note I am using Simple Green HD which is supposed to be safe for ALL metals. not normal simple green.
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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog You'll probably be OK. But what's your commute like? How far? About 20-30 minutes interstate driving. 70-75 mph
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    Running just distilled water for a couple days?

    Hey guys, I am in the process of flushing my cooling system after a cracked head repair. At this rate it doesn't look like ill be ready to put the anti-freeze in for another day or two. Right now I currently have pure distilled water in my system, with some Simple Green HD, and plan to start...
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    Craftsman 3/8 inch torque wrench for head bolts?

    Originally Posted By: eljefino FYI the bolts will creak and pop like something's going to break. I guess that's them stretching. Thanks, they made a similar sound coming out, pretty scary since this is the first time I've ever done something like this LOL
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    Craftsman 3/8 inch torque wrench for head bolts?

    Originally Posted By: HangFire Just to be sure, you were planning on using a wrench or breaker bar for that extra 90 degree turn, right? I bought a 1/2 inch breaker bar from harbor freight, and a torque angle gauge from advance auto parts for the final 90 degrees.
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    Craftsman 3/8 inch torque wrench for head bolts?

    Originally Posted By: NYEngineer Oops... Scratch that. I just opened the link and saw your wrench. That one says it goes up to 250 INCH Pounds. 33 foot pounds converts to 396 inch pounds. Your wrench is not big enough. What's the scale on the HF wrench? oops.. wrong one my bad...
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    Craftsman 3/8 inch torque wrench for head bolts?

    Hey guys, Quick question, I am currently working on replacing the head on my 99 saturn sl1 due to a cracked head. I am OCD'ing about my cheap torque wrenches. I have a 3/8 craftsman torque wrench, and a 1/2 inch Harbor freight wrench. The final torque for my cars head calls for 33 ft lbs...
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    Flush Oil From Anti-freeze / Which Coolant To Use

    Originally Posted By: tezzzas Originally Posted By: Chris142 simple green+ water. then flush again till clear Simple green will eat aluminum, I would be weary of that. Yea, I wouldn't use the regular kind, they make a Simple Green HD i would probly use, specifically for automotive/machinery...
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    Flush Oil From Anti-freeze / Which Coolant To Use

    Originally Posted By: Ojustracing How bad is the oil in the coolant? Pretty bad, a nice gray gooey consistency probably not as bad as axle grease though.
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    Flush Oil From Anti-freeze / Which Coolant To Use

    Hey guys, its been a while! I have a two part question: 1. What is the best way to flush oil out of a cooling system? My 1999 Saturn SL1 cracked its head.. and my cooling system is a mess. I have heard about Simple Green HD, and also heard about just using dish washing detergent, however...
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    2001 Ford Taurus intermittent no start

    Originally Posted By: HerrStig When you bring a battery to a place for testing which profits by selling batteries, I'd say the chances are good it will test bad. Yea, you would think that, but I have had several batteries tested there in the past, this is the first time they told me one was...
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    2001 Ford Taurus intermittent no start

    Hello All! Hope everyone had a good holiday! My brother has 2001 Ford Taurus with the 3.0 OHV Vulcan engine, and roughly 130k miles on the car. Lately it has developed an intermittent no start condition, the car will crank but will not fire. Initially we thought it was the battery(which...
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    Loose connection on started fixes?

    Hello All, The car in question is a family members 1992 Toyota Corolla. The issue is that there is a connection that I believe comes from the ignition switch to the starter, to tell the starter when to run, so this is leading to a intermittent hard start/no start. It is a spade/blade style...
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    What Next for Tar Removal?

    I second WD-40 I stepped in some tar with my shoes once.. thought they were ruined, nope.. wd-40 basically melted it away..
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    Rear main seal stop leak.....

    Could try a high mileage oil like mentioned above, before recommending a stop leak product, what kind of car are we talking about here? The mileage/condition/year of the car would be helpful. In a beater than you just need to last a little longer, sure.. if its a nicer car worth fixing.. fix it.
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    Crazy Saturn Wipers...

    Originally Posted By: Chris142 My wifes tahoe did all kinds if weird things when the battery went bad.how is your battery? Just had it load tested at Advance Auto Parts, it got a clean bill of health. Had to make sure it was ok for the upcoming cold weather!
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    Crazy Saturn Wipers...

    Originally Posted By: HerrStig My bet would be the "auto parking circuit" in the wiper motor. Time for a junkyard motor. It's probably a standard GM part. Thanks.. this is kind of what I suspect.. I have beat/wiggled/pushed the multifunction switch and cannot get it to replicate the issue.
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