HOW TO DO A COMPLETE COOLANT FLUSH ON ANY CAR!

How to do a complete coolant flush on your car the easy way.
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[@hend82]

Thanks for a very detailed video. You really helped me out.

[@cristalak]

This is comprehensive. Well detailed and well explained. Thanks

[@KimLind]

Thanks alot, informative video. Some diffrent step against others. Good work.

[@ddb82]

Cheers George, I am also a car maintenance newbie, thank you for your video I will be giving this job a go this weekend. Thanks again for the great video and advice 👍

[@RichardHubbuck]

Nice one, mate. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

[@GeorgeAusters]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gotcha06]

Well explained easy to understand video,great work.

[@TheHamouda]

Simple explanations you made it looks very simple . Thank you.

[@GeorgeAusters]

You’re welcome

[@russty2996]

Great video bud very good explanation. Only thing is u shouldn’t put cold Coolant or water through a hot engine wait for it too cool down before refilling but good video 👍

[@andreshildenbrandjimenez85]

Its dangerous for the engine if i refill with coolant with normal temperature when the engine ihas been cooldown only 15 mina?

[@user-qp3os9hf2p]

Perfect,detailed and analyzed George! Thanks alot!

[@GeorgeAusters]

Glad it helped👌🏻

[@stuartnewman6968]

Thankyou this is great video. I am a car newbie. Very informative

[@GeorgeAusters]

Great stuff. Glad it helped Stuart!

[@abulybah6947]

Nicely done 👍

[@LouisOtto]

Incredible video, cheers!

[@GeorgeAusters]

No problem Louis!

[@TaefDewan]

great video, simple steps yet informative 👍

[@GeorgeAusters]

Thanks!

[@tristantopambudi3186]

Thank you pal, I can do it on my van now.

[@stefanwiniarczuk811]

Great video, thanks mate.

[@GeorgeAusters]

Welcome bro!

[@ARCSTREAMS]

its taking you longer to come to temp when you turn your heater on mate,this draws heat from the engine making it take longer to come to temp,,wait till it hits temp then turn the heater on

[@aaflow3385]

Easy explination, good job.

[@GeorgeAusters]

No problem!

[@ltandkholbrook9555]

Great vid, thanks for sharing :)

[@GeorgeAusters]

You’re welcome

[@stevew6141]

Nice 1 bud🙏

[@EdgewithHedge]

Thankyou for the video, it will help me for my Fiat 1.9d engine

[@GeorgeAusters]

Glad it helped!

[@navehal1019]

Thanks for sharing. Good video..

[@NeutronX101]

I really liked the intro to your video.

[@sridharbalasubramanian8659]

👍 thanks brother, clearly explained

[@GeorgeAusters]

You're welcome!

[@adamwilde354]

Forgot to mention not to use cold tap water as it can crack the block use loop warm or hot but a great vid to watch

[@evaldaskalenda417]

Chris fix uk version definitely helped 😊

[@kresimirrutic2667]

You hawe a bleder valve on a top right side of a radiator,for the bleding the air,if yours engine is a 1.4 8v and 1.4 16v, anyway nice traying, greatings from Croatia sory for my english.

[@muratimre64]

Thank you my brother, I will do same my punto, Greetings from Turkey

[@GeorgeAusters]

Awesome, thanks man!

[@michaelblue2226]

simple and helpful

[@robertjohn2249]

Cold coolant into a hot engine can cause the head to crack and warp. I would also not put the cap back on while flushing as you are only putting an air lock back inside the system.

[@Telstar_1]

Is it safe to run engine up to temperature (and pressure) with expansion cap off? Could it cause coolant spillage? Thanks.

[@albertoascari2542]

Thanks found my Bravo drain plug. Same as the punto

[@jorgefitnessroad8302]

Looking at this to also do in my bravo 😂😂

[@akashgiashuddin6112]

Can't able to find the drain plug of rediator for punto 2000 model. Do I need to remove the hose to do drain?

[@tonyc9793]

I did a coolant change but my radiator didn't fill up? When I opened the bleed screws on the bottom and top of the radiator no fluid came out

[@handigeharrie4354]

good video.

[@GeorgeAusters]

Cheers bud

[@Pesar25]

Thanks for the video. Did you open the drain plug with hot engine and thus hot coolant?? In this way you can get a lot of coolant out because the thermostat will be open en will let the coolant from the engine. But it looks a bit dangerous to open the drain plug with hot coolant??

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes it’s fine to do

[@douglasmoletta6026]

You don't need bleed the air system on this engine?

[@scottattree4498]

Do you need to purge?

[@johnmayberry7669]

Flush it out with a garden hose with the engine running undo inlet hose going into heater matrix until water runs clear switch off engine drain radiator...you don't want to be running contaminated coolant through a heater matrix causing blockages...

[@fatimadeguz9633]

Hi George: How long did you have to wait to cool off the engine and the coolant before starting the first process of releasing the liquid? It didn't seem that you waited at all to to cool off the engine or the coolant before releasing the liquid.

[@ricardolafou5921]

Yea whats the answer

[@misterzee5736]

he drained it hot

[@mbulelotena5051]

He went about it the wrong way, this would be dangerous if the radiator has no drain plug.

[@spallsy87]

Do you need to wait for the engine to cool down before each time you put water in? Looking to do this in a couple of days time but looks like it’s going to take all day!

[@GeorgeAusters]

No need

[@ESSA20]

Hey, mate I'm doing coolant flush too, just had few question. When you did the water flash did wait untill it hit 90vmvmc and for fan to kick in? When I did mine it gets almost up to 85c + can't get fan to kick in I have hot air comming through vents you reckon I have air that causing not to get up operating temp. My system as the radiator cap and reserve tank.

[@GeorgeAusters]

Ideally you want your thermostat to open before flushing but it’s not too serious if not👍🏻

[@ESSA20]

@@GeorgeAusters fail to mention the top hose was hot so I guess the thermostat did open, in that case okay to drain the system?

[@ARCSTREAMS]

it might take up to 105 deg c to open depending if its no longer in good condition,took mine that hot to get the fan runing

[@amyleefan3981]

thank you are you meant to remove the thermostat when your doing a coolant flush on fiat ?

[@GeorgeAusters]

No need to remove it

[@Antsummerfield83]

My coolant is like this colour in my 308 1.5 bluehdi, I’m hopeing I can do almost the same as yourself. When you a refill with water to flush am I guessing the water in the block is still full of old coolant and only radiator was emptied so you flush for it to circulate? Thanks

[@GeorgeAusters]

Correct

[@Antsummerfield83]

@@GeorgeAusters thank you 👍

[@kharali3475]

Great video pal, but u didn’t bleed the system after?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes I did

[@kharali3475]

Forgot to ask how much coolant you used because the engine still would have had about 2litres still in there

[@juliprieto7759]

Hi George, is it the same process for a fiat 500?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes

[@realdigitalninja]

Did you jack up the car to drain the coolant ? I can’t easily reach drain valve for my zafira

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes

[@vpselvasami]

After I replaced with the new coolant. The reservoir got dry after 20km.. I refilled again... Will it affect the engine???

[@GeorgeAusters]

You’ll be fine

[@ARCSTREAMS]

did your res also drain to the rad when you done it through the petcock?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@GeorgeAusters ok great but on some cars they have to manually remove the tank or remove the bottom hose and let gravity empty the tank into a bucket bellow,,idk why it does not work as simple as you did for other cars

[@Vass881234]

Where do you dispose the old coolant?

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@Vass881234 depends where you live and the law,,you might be able to give it to your local garage or places they do this job and they will take it off your hands to send it to the proper recycling center but since it costs them money and i assume they are only allowed a certain quantity to get rid off they may refuse to take yours unless you pay a fee or if there is a gov place you can take it but they also may charge a fee ,im in canada and i tried going to these garages and they refused to take my coolant,some places will take only 4 litres of motor oil ,i learned that if i take it to a gov recycling center they will charge me a fee and i dont know how much so what i did was simply dump the jugs next to a garage in the middle of the night (make sure you are not caught on cam) and let them deal with it without refusing or making me pay a fee,they have no choice but to take responsibility and do the right thing ,of course its illegal to do this ,next day i drove by and saw the jugs were gone :) make sure you write what the stuff is on the jugs be it trans fluid,motor oil,brake fluid,coolant etc

[@stephaniesheridan5474]

I'm due to do a full coolant flush but there's oil in the system (after the thermostat housing gasket is repared). No coolant in the oil. Would this technique work if there's oil in the coolant?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes

[@sixbrokeneggs]

So you put only antifreeze in? No destiled water?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Depends if you have ready mixed or not

[@ahmedmahmoud47]

I think u need to add another step is to remove the air from the system

[@androglieseaxis1268]

How

[@johnlondon2775]

@@androglieseaxis1268 minutes 6:09 push in all ones before closing the system.

[@stevew6141]

There are two bleeds points I could find- one on the header tank pipe and the other on the radiator top left.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

do you think bringing it up to temp alows it to drain the whole system? i am not so sure because the thermo might close fast again ,also this is dangerous

[@GeorgeAusters]

Better to do it the way I shown👍🏻

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@GeorgeAusters yes i like your easy way,,there are a few things i dont understand however,,,if you can please awnser my questions 1)why did you bother heating the engine first? why not drain first add water then heat up the engine? because all you done was cycle the old coolant or did you think heating it first allows you to drain more coolant out that is in the engine and heater matrix? because that thermo once open will cool the system fast and will close up fast again before you even have time to drain it 2)did you use tap water at room temp to fill it up? 3)so you can fill it up through the reservoir(ie header tank) instead of bothering with the radiator cap? my worry is if i drain my radiator through the petcock that the coolant in the header tank will not drain into the radiator and out from there,,i see many ppl having to manually empty there header tank,,im wondering if its this easy on my car and if i can do it the same way you did without having to take apart my tank 4)how are you able to do this with all that pressure build up and heat in the coolant without it being dangerous and steaming all over you? not sure i can do this with my car as the thermo only operates after 100 deg C ,,too dangerous i think,seems like you are not waitting for the temp to cool down before draining??

[@willbrow]

​@@ARCSTREAMS I was thinking the same thing with the thermostat closing, best thing would to be remove the thermostat when cold and drained. Then flush the system and replace the thermostat before filling with coolant

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@willbrow more difficult work unless you are looking to change the thermo as well and uses hoses for flushing , i did not need to bother with any of that on my car, just drained it through the petcock on the bottom ,filled it up with water through the tank and brought eng to temp for circulation then drained ,shut eng off and refilled with water ,repeated that a few times till water was clear as it would get ,drained it and put in the coolant ,only problem for me was access the the pet cock as i had to remove a shield plate first

[@willbrow]

@@ARCSTREAMS think removing the thermostat would just save a day of heating and cooling the engine?

[@HeavyMetalBear11]

What did you do with the water that's got rad flush in it? Do you just take it to a recycling centre?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Yes, it needs to be disposed of properly

[@birdcrazy329]

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[@GeorgeAusters]

I’ll get on it👍🏻

[@peteraudley4671]

Very good video but I thought it was fifty percent anti freeze and fifty percent water !?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Depends on the mix

[@stojanoskim]

How do you remove the air from the system

[@johnlondon2775]

minutes 6:09 push in all ones. there can also be a turn plug

[@johnlondon2775]

and easy: wait till the liquid is cold. The button of the radiater off. Start the engine for 2 minutes. And put the button back.

[@johnlondon2775]

and during the loop of the engine the heater on and blowing too.

[@Cars2Travel]

How do you bleed the air out the system after?

[@joaonunes267]

Just leave working with cap open or loose for awhile and the air should leave the system

[@Cars2Travel]

@@joaonunes267 thank you

[@darrenmicklewright2008]

And heaters on hot to let air out heater matrix

[@ard1419]

@@darrenmicklewright2008 those are valid for all cars, right?

[@darrenmicklewright2008]

@@ard1419 some cars will have a bleed screw but others won't, iv got a astra h and it doesn't so leaving the cap off or loose while it warms up with heaters on full heat on number 1 until the fan turns on and off twice then put cap back on and job done . You need to release the air at the highest point of the cooling system as hot air rises.

[@GiannisTsolakidis]

Don’t we need to flush it with distilled water instead ?

[@GeorgeAusters]

Ideally👍🏻

[@darrenmicklewright2008]

Di ionised water is best for car radiator

[@dukeofdevon5608]

Great video but it makes me wanna pee 🤣

[@tomasmalin]

Surprising how dirty it was, considering the low mileage.

[@GeorgeAusters]

It had been sitting for 3 years in a garage

[@timbishop1505]

No warning that the coolant is under pressure and near boiling point...!!

[@VSTV1993]

Dont forget the air as well

[@GeorgeAusters]

Air?

[@VSTV1993]

@@GeorgeAusters yeah if you get trapped air in the system, it can cause hot spots and cause damage

[@Mendezwhite]

Normal water damage the system. You must use destiled.

[@MrRobinski]

@@Mendezwhite how does it if its only flush and cleaning out fluid for around 5 minutes at a time?

[@curseofpharaohs]

how much coolant did it take?

[@GeorgeAusters]

5L is fine

[@ARCSTREAMS]

uhh ok i apreceate you loving my comments but you gave no replies?

[@seanofarrell8559]

A rusty water pump makes the car go faster

[@stuartnewman6968]

My punto died 2months ago. I miss my punto

[@carobsessions4707]

Yeah very awesome car Cute sporty reliable . Mine done 698,899 miles on odo still runs good love mine till the very end🤟🏻😍

[@stuartnewman6968]

@@carobsessions4707 mine only did 73k ECU went on it

[@carobsessions4707]

@@stuartnewman6968 my friend has same issue but that was vw Polo was done only 51k on odo 😅, and same happen to my known one with his suzuki swift car was done only 36k on odo and ecu gone😅. . I am in Indian Fiat whatsapp group I am honestly saying touch wood no one has single major issue till date. All have miner issues like Tyres battery bulbs few owner faced few sensors but not more than that all have done over 150,000 plus miles on odo Only 3 are below 80k Miles on odo. Actually Indian version Fiat are known for Fun to drive best in segment built ride and handling Of Its time Hps Pin Point accurate Eps are not that accurate Maybe Hps is old technology Bit still full of Feeling and accuracy 😅

[@riom990]

this is complete flush to this guy?no open valves no bleed the air no open termostat temperature to go through all system no checking the hoses for temp nothing,even his fan is on and that is bulshit.And he gave me a "?" . p.s. if u people want to ruin ur car and make an air bubble in ur system follow this video.

[@GeorgeAusters]

What do you mean air bubble in your system? I’ve done this method on ALL of my cars and never ever had a problem

[@albertoascari2542]

@@GeorgeAusters There are some valves to let air out. I think when you run with the top off the header tank that reeases any trapped air pockets I do that on a Turbo Diesel they also have a few valves to let out trapped air. You can also buy dedicated engine flush its optional

[@GeorgeAusters]

There isn’t any valves on this engine mate. I’ve already ran it without the cap off... Been a couple months running after doing this and no over heating issues... Sitting at 87-90 degrees

[@Litesnip2022]

Good video but there is suppose to be 2 bleed valves on these Grande Puntos, 1 on the pipe going into the bulkhead into the heater matrix and 1 at the top left (drivers side) on the radiator, best to remove the grill in the bumper to get access to it, No need to put the blowers on, but you do want to make sure the heater dial is all the way to HOT, and when up to temperature it’s good to hold the revs about 3k to push the coolant around the system and force the air out, When I did mine I made sure the radiator bleed valve was slightly undone so when the thermostat does open any trapped air in the system and escape from that radiator valve, because you will have trapped air at the top of the radiator if you don’t open that valve, I also used a hose pipe to flush the system out, that’s another good way to do it, Good video through,

[@GeorgeAusters]

Had it running for over a year now. No problems👍🏻

[@riom990]

this is complete nonsense

[@GeorgeAusters]

?

[@JC-vi7gg]

😂😂😂😂😂😂