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Old 09-01-2014, 12:46 PM   #27
68Gold/white
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Re: 1960 chevy parkwood wagon!

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Not much to see but it needed done. Went to replace the thermostat and found no thermostat in it, no wonder it never came up to temp, and it seemed like it was just water in the system, very rusty. Anyway, i installed a new thermostat and put in new coolant. It came up to temp quickly and stayed there. I am happy, the new coolant quickly turned rusty so i am going to get some flush chemical to see if i can clean it up some.
There might be a lot of crud in your system. I'd flush it w/ water thoroughly. Leave water in it, put a few miles on it, see what color of water looks like, go from there. When you do get done there's anti rust additives you can add, good stuff...
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