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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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motor is currently out and i want to swap orange Deathcool to the green stuff. the radiator and engine are purged of the orange stuff. there are two lines (i think) going into the firewall, metal lines. can i flush that by pluggin a water hose into one and let it come out the other end??? thoughts?
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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Those are heater core lines, you should be fine flushing them with a hose.
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I read in the service manual that they don't recommend flushing solvents. Why? What harm would this do?
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