Flushing out engine coolant

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Ok so I am currently flushing out my engine coolant. I went and bought some engine coolant flush from autozone, and put it in with new water, and according to the directions I need to let the car run for 4-6 hours, then drain it. My question is, can I just let the car idle for 4 hours in my drive way instead of drive it and that'll be good? I don't want to go out and drive the car for that loing of a period of time right now, but i do want to get this flush done today, b/c it will be way below 80 degrees here tommorow :( Working with water in a cold garage is a PITA when it's cold. Anyways, just want to make sure this is safe for my car. I would assume so, since it's easier on the engine than driving it for 4-6 hours I would think. Also, I know it will not overheat b/c my cooling system is all fully upgraded and it has alreay been idling for about 30 minutes and the needle hasn't budged. I figur I can just keep shecking on it like every 20 minutes or so inbetween my studying for my finals here. Also, it's only 80 here so it isn't too hott so it REALLY shouldn't overheat. Anyways, thanks for the help guys! Mike.
 
The recommended procedure for the NSX to flush the cooling system is to drain and fill with distilled water run for a while and then drain and refill with Premix Honda type II coolant. Flushing products are really not used nowadays and are unnecessary.
 
^ Good advice. Here's the FAQ topic on the flushing the coolant:

http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/DIY/coolant.htm

I don't about others but I've found the NSX a difficult car to flush coolant. It seems to take forever to make sure all of the air is bleed out. You may also want to search for prior "coolant flush" threads in the forums.

Let us know how it goes!
 
collegeboy said:
...it will be way below 80 degrees here tomorrow... :( Working with water in a cold garage is a PITA when it's cold.

Uh, for some reason I am not sympathetic...

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But seriously, I wouldn't let my engine idle for that long. I'm no mechanic, but I think I read somewhere that an idling engine creates a lot of carbon deposits because the exhaust isn't blowing them out. Don't know how true or not that is, but that's why Pat Goss (Goss's Garage, local DC guy I think), says its bad to warm up your engine for more than 5 min in the winter.
 
splitz said:
Uh, for some reason I am not sympathetic...

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But seriously, I wouldn't let my engine idle for that long. I'm no mechanic, but I think I read somewhere that an idling engine creates a lot of carbon deposits because the exhaust isn't blowing them out. Don't know how true or not that is, but that's why Pat Goss (Goss's Garage, local DC guy I think), says its bad to warm up your engine for more than 5 min in the winter.

hmm...well damn. i just got done doin git. lol. i just did it for 2 hours. went outside and revved it nice and high around 4 k every 10 minutes or so to simulate me driving haha. anyways, waiting for it to cool down, so I can put in the water, draing it again, then refill and take it around the block. I'm sure it did ok, and i'm REALLY sure that the water that I am about to drain out isn't going to look pretty :( Thanks for the help anyways guys.

Mike
 
1. Recommend only using honda type coolant

2. Carbon deposits are going to build up in ANY car...just drive it hard in order to accelerate the exhaust removal process

3. You may have to bleed air out of the system many times in order to loosen all the pockets of air out.
 
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