Hi guys,

Occasionally depending on the weather outside I have a local shop do my oil change. I have about 100k km on the Jeep now. They checked my rad and it's PH was about 6.5 I think and good to minus 26 or 36 celsius I want to say. I don't remember it exactly but they recommend I get a radiator flush. I generally do any work on the Jeep myself as shops usually charge you out the wazoo and can rarely trust them to do it properly.

Now would I benefit much from doing an actual flush of the rad with a shop and the machine? Or is this another selling trick to get you to spend more money instead of just dumping the coolant and refilling it ...

 

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Selling trick. I've always just emptied it out, ran water through it for a few, then filled back up.

 

I agree, the shop is just looking to make a buck. Just empty the system, fill with water, run, refill with coolant! I also use water wetter or amsoil coolant treatment. I flush my rad annually

 

Thanks guys, that is good to hear!

Redsox, do you use the additive in the water portion to flush out any junk in the rad? Or just run it with the actual coolant.

 

I use the additive with the new coolant after flushing