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Car Forum / Jeep / April 2007Radiator/Coolant flush/replacement
How many years/miles should this be done? My 2002 wrangler has 68,000 miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the service milestones to the T however. Make sure to get the right stuff, and replace all the hoses at the same time. If you do that you should get another 68,000 out of it. People will tell you stuff like 2 years, 30,000 miles, but that is way overkill in my opinion and a waste of natural resources besides. Earle > How many years/miles should this be done? My 2002 wrangler has 68,000 > miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the > service milestones to the T however. 2 years for Green, 4 years for G-05 Zerex brand only > Make sure to get the right stuff, and replace all the hoses at the same > time. If you do that you should get another 68,000 out of it. People [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the >> service milestones to the T however. I've had Green in cars for ten years or more, if it's the same formulation. Maybe these new engines made of pot metal are different, but I don't think so as long as you use the right coolant or mix and distilled water. I think this answers Bill's question too. Earle > 2 years for Green, 4 years for G-05 > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >> miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the > >> service milestones to the T however. Except I stick with the two years, and get eight years out of the radiator (corrodes from the outside in, via sea air) and water pump. No core plugs in fifty years, thirty years, twenty eight years. With the green stuff, that I'm sure the formula has changed many times, you will see you have to dig the block drains plugs open each time. And out comes a black stuff that's got to be an acid, as it eats the plug a clean silver. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > I've had Green in cars for ten years or more, if it's the same formulation. > Maybe these new engines made of pot metal are different, but I don't think > so as long as you use the right coolant or mix and distilled water. I think > this answers Bill's question too. > > Earle  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com There's no paint you can use? A radiator lasts forever in Colorado. Earle > Except I stick with the two years, and get eight years out of the > radiator (corrodes from the outside in, via sea air) and water pump. No core [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Earle I got my ear pinned back once when I was caught spray painting a radiator. I was explained to me that paint, even a thin layer held the heat in. And in the old days my Fords ran on the razors' edge, anyway. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > There's no paint you can use? A radiator lasts forever in Colorado. > > Earle SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com The new green claims 5 years, I wouldn't trust it past 4 years but maybe that is just me. The new engines are full of new metals though, perhaps that is the problem. > I've had Green in cars for ten years or more, if it's the same > formulation. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the >> >> service milestones to the T however. > The new green claims 5 years, I wouldn't trust it past 4 years but maybe > that is just me. > > The new engines are full of new metals though, perhaps that is the problem. There are more than one, incompatible formulas now, and the price of coolant has gone through the roof too. That doesn't help much. If your car boils over in the Arizona desert, because of neglected hoses, there's just no telling what the nearest repair shoppe is going to have in stock. I'm using the G-05 now. I like the cool clear color. I put Honda Genuine Coolant (blue) in the Hondas, and Walmart diabetic monkey piss in the Suburban. Earle > > I've had Green in cars for ten years or more, if it's the same > > formulation. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >> >> miles on it. Not sure if previous owner did it - he did follow the > >> >> service milestones to the T however. > > The new green claims 5 years, I wouldn't trust it past 4 years but maybe > > that is just me. [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > - Show quoted text - LOL! Hi Earle, Fueling thousands of cars from Mexico, urine is often the smell from their radiators. Their untested drivers and uninspected commercial trucks are about to enter your state. That should eliminate a few of your sports cars, whom thought trucks had brakes, cause now they actually won't. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ "Earle Horton" <apodo@gracioso.usa> wrote in message news:94- > There are more than one, incompatible formulas now, and the price of coolant > has gone through the roof too. That doesn't help much. If your car boils [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Earle SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Nuevo México is a pretty big buffer. I am in Albuquerque right now, but I spend most of my time in Colorado. These folks are a lot closer to your state. Have you seen the road I live on? Earle > Hi Earle, > Fueling thousands of cars from Mexico, urine is often the smell from [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Earle Many, of my classmates moved to Albuquerque, and changed, never making any of my reunions. Many of the Indians there have a strange idea of who's land it is. Visions of Jack Nicholson in the Shining come to mind, thinking of your home. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Nuevo México is a pretty big buffer. I am in Albuquerque right now, but I > spend most of my time in Colorado. These folks are a lot closer to your [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Earle SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Many, of my classmates moved to Albuquerque, and changed, never making > any of my reunions. Maybe they just don't like you, never did, and don't want to be reminded of the bad old days. > Many of the Indians there have a strange idea of who's > land it is. And that strange idea is......????? Truthful Ben There you go again, the jealous, really jealous, I can't believe how jealous this little draft dodging coward schizophrenic psychopath liar hiding in Vancouver via S0106000ea6ba70e7.vn.shawcable.net 24.86.24.251 who's only way to get attention is to make a fool of it's self. With an obsession with perverts and goats, where it writes via remailers, to no one's surprise. With extreme jealous ranting over my documents/possessions, committing forgery over many of them proving I'm an American man. You remind me of a little rat dog, like a Mexican Chiwawa with it's senseless barking, me too, me too. And the poor thing, you're too girlie to take responsibility for yourself again, by signing your statement like a man. You're not worth any more time when a cut and paste this same paragraph it fits so well! You're even more senile than I first thought. God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Maybe they just don't like you, never did, and don't want to be reminded > of the bad old days. > > And that strange idea is......????? SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com So you'd rather replace the coolant with the radiator, pump, plugs, head gasket? ;-) God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0 mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Make sure to get the right stuff, and replace all the hoses at the same > time. If you do that you should get another 68,000 out of it. People will > tell you stuff like 2 years, 30,000 miles, but that is way overkill in my > opinion and a waste of natural resources besides. > > Earle SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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