If the car is not running hot and has never given that kind of trouble then tearing it apart to get the crap out of the cooling system may not be worth your time. I flushed the cooling system in my truck over a period of a month last summer. I would flush and refill with fresh water every other day for a month or so. Lots of crap came out with the method but it takes a while. I would do this and then add your prefered coolant and a 1/2can of Bar's Leaks. Put the Bar's Leaks in and drive around with the heat on max for a 1/2hour or so. No more leaks. Worked for me. Oh yeah, I also run a 7psi rad cap. Less pressure on the old cooling components is a good thing. RT

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