Hello all.
I'm getting ready to work with a mechanic friend of mine on replacing my intake manifold gasket, as I've had an issue with my coolant gunking up and rendering my coolant level sensor useless, as well as losing coolant over time. And potential performance issues as well.
Of course, last time he looked at my car, he noticed the coolant (DEX) was a little low and added some regular (green glycol) to top it off.
Apparently he even kept some of the excess around to dump back into the system if I get low. I keep distilled water and fresh dex for that specific purpose. But he insists it won't affect anything so he does it anyway. He also wants to flush it with dish soap which I have no idea about.
So anyway, once we have replaced the gaskets and I'm no longer living with him, I'm going to do as thorough of a flush that I can to get rid of contaminants and inevitable sludge that would have been created by this. It'll probably involve running distilled water + radiator flush for a day or so across a couple of flushes before reintroducing coolant.
Is the prestone stuff good for this? or would there be another product I would want to add since the sludge wouldn't be oil, rust, or scale? Like a "oops I used the wrong coolant" flush.
I'm getting ready to work with a mechanic friend of mine on replacing my intake manifold gasket, as I've had an issue with my coolant gunking up and rendering my coolant level sensor useless, as well as losing coolant over time. And potential performance issues as well.
Of course, last time he looked at my car, he noticed the coolant (DEX) was a little low and added some regular (green glycol) to top it off.
Apparently he even kept some of the excess around to dump back into the system if I get low. I keep distilled water and fresh dex for that specific purpose. But he insists it won't affect anything so he does it anyway. He also wants to flush it with dish soap which I have no idea about.
So anyway, once we have replaced the gaskets and I'm no longer living with him, I'm going to do as thorough of a flush that I can to get rid of contaminants and inevitable sludge that would have been created by this. It'll probably involve running distilled water + radiator flush for a day or so across a couple of flushes before reintroducing coolant.
Is the prestone stuff good for this? or would there be another product I would want to add since the sludge wouldn't be oil, rust, or scale? Like a "oops I used the wrong coolant" flush.