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what happened to your icon on the 4rnr should put on the taco.I'm waiting for some stars to align and some money to exchange hands then I'll have shocks front and rear for the Tacoma. It's not getting lifted anytime soon, but I'll have some shocks on it capable of I do decide to further down the road.
Can I pay for shipping?Well, if anyone reading this wants free 1st gen rear shocks you have 1 month to let me know. lol
Like can I have them if I pay for shipping lmfaoC
Can I pay for shipping?
what happened to your icon on the 4rnr should put on the taco.
So, as soon as I got home from work, I started the process of "flushing" the coolant system... with the old radiator still in place. Thankfully, it isn't a very fast leak, but I wouldn't dare travel too far from home with it. The coolant was extremely brown.
1) I opened the bottom drain valve to let out the coolant that is/was currently in the engine/radiator
2) refilled with water (I will be repeating this process a couple times) and put the radiator cap back on
3) I connected my scantool to the DTC port
4) started the engine and read the live data as I had the engine heat up and "opened" the heater core
5) on occasion I would feel the upper radiator tube to make sure it was "cold" as I was watching the ECT temp on the scantool
6) at 170*F on the scantool, the upper hose was still cold and even at around 176*F it was still cold
NOTE: there are thermostats for my truck that you can buy that open at 170*F, which is why I was checking to see which one was in there
7) when the scantool read 181*F, I went over to the upper hose and I could start feeling hot water starting to travel through the hose
NOTE: the next highest thermostat for my truck is a 180*F and that is when the upper hose was letting hot water flow
8) so, my thermostat works like it should. I wasn't expecting any issues with it as I've been monitoring the ECT with the scantool before all this and it always had good readings. I just wanted to see what temp it opened at just to let me know what temp thermostat it was
9) tomorrow morning, going to repeat the process one more time, then the 3rd time I will...
10) refill with water + the flush/cleaner fluid
11) drive it around for a couple hours as I have errands to run anyways
12) come back home, park, and let it sit for a couple days for a "deep clean"
13) repeat the process of flushing...
I'll put in the new radiator after I do all of this...
Annnnnnnyways, yeah, it was definitely time to change out the coolant system and will likely do this every year. Not necessarily do a deep clean, but just a fairly quick flush of the system. Kinda hard living at an apartment and trying to dodge the property mgr from seeing me work on my vehicle. The last place I lived, the property mgr gave me shi*, but I couldn't say anything and didn't want any more beef than that, so I just kept it "civil". Just sucks not having a garage of my own. Here at my new place, it's all cool so far, but I just moved here not too long ago, so I don't want any issues as that's the last thing I need right now.
Btw, it's definitely "squirting fluid" while I'm driving apparently??? I looked at it today/tonight as I was doing this process to see if I can see where the leak is coming from, but NOTHING??? Most definitely has a leak, it's definitely coming from the top section area of the top tank, but definitely NOT a hose leak!!! ALL I KNOW, I can't WAIT to change my radiator!!!
Just so that I know ahead of time, where do I throw my old radiator away???
@4runner DOA Danny, definitely NOT a rush either way on this one. I know you said about 2x weeks, but "I'm" just saying that either way 4x weeks is fine with me or even longer. I don't drive it all that often anyways.
I have concentrate. The first "flushes" have very little coolant involved, really only two "flushes". The 3rd, tomorrow morning, will have it though.Don't go too crazy with the flush until you're ready to pull the radiator. You don't want to waste fresh coolant when you do the swap.
Sold them to a couple of the Arizona guys to help fund the work I've been putting into the 4runner.
Didn't know what a drill pump was or even existed and just now Google_d it to see what it was and how much it costs. NOT all that expensive.A little note on rad flushes:
If you really want EVERYTHING out of there, take a drill pump, and hook it up to the cold (output) side of the heater core, and unhook the input side, and flush THAT out.
The heater core, with its smaller passages than the rad, will plug with shit first. Giving that a flush helps a ton.
Rads and engine too I've done. Flush em out backwards until the water is clear. It's amazing what you get out of there.
Might be stupid for some other reason, but I've never had an issue on my stuff.
A little note on rad flushes:
If you really want EVERYTHING out of there, take a drill pump, and hook it up to the cold (output) side of the heater core, and unhook the input side, and flush THAT out.
The heater core, with its smaller passages than the rad, will plug with shit first. Giving that a flush helps a ton.
Rads and engine too I've done. Flush em out backwards until the water is clear. It's amazing what you get out of there.
Might be stupid for some other reason, but I've never had an issue on my stuff.
I've always just filled with distilled water, run until hot, let cool, drain, rinse and repeat until clear.
Didn't know what a drill pump was or even existed and just now Google_d it to see what it was and how much it costs. NOT all that expensive.
What else are they used for???
Btw, @Slim-Whitey it was sad to hear about RUSH's drummer, Neil Peart, passing away. Guy was a PHENOMENAL drummer!!!
@4runner DOA Danny got it to where the water is fairly "clear". Just put the flush cleaner in, running the engine for a bit, and going to let it sit until Monday night'ish. Pretty much the instructions on the cleaner bottle.
Anyways, looking pretty good so far as far as "clean goes".
I almost forgot, @whippersnapper02 Christian had suggested I change my sway bar end links as well, which I pretty much already knew, but it was at the bottom of my list.
Anyways, got those as well. If I can still come over, the only real thing I want to take care of as priority is the radiator.
Again, NO RUSH!!!
I MIGHT even do my radiator here at my apt on my next Friday off?
The upper ball joints though, I may need some help with?
I'll obviously keep you in the loop on how I plan on doing this. I just gotta do it fairly quick as far as the radiator goes. HAHAHA
Anyways, I will let you know.
Thanks Danny for everything thus far and that goes for ALL of you guys as well!!!
Okay then let's shoot for next Saturday. IF you can't do it, no worries.No worries. Pretty sure I'm free next weekend. The kid goes to his mom's and I haven't planned anything except maybe alignment on the 4runner but I may tackle that this weekend.