jodom15sc
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so idk if anybody remembers but i replaced by thermostat about a month or so ago, been having some problems with thermostat gauge and i read on here air might be the problem
ANYWAYS....point of the story, i go to walmart yesterday, as me and my buddy walk out we see antifreeze has dripped out from somewhere, we check thermostat housing and its fine then BAM i see that the radiator hose that leads to the housing looks as if all the air has been sucked out and looks all shriveled up and looks like a grape almost. hahaha, but still i notice the resovior is full of fluid. The truck is not all the way hot, so we just go ahead and pop the radiator cap off and theres absolutley no fuild in the radiator and we see that theres alot of rust in there. And ive never put just water in my radiator so im assuming the guy i bought it from used alot since he lived in the desert. So me and my buddy pour some antifreeze into the radiator till its full enough.
All i know to do is drain out all the antifreeze with water, and then pour in brand new fresh antifree and my buddy said to go get my radiator and cooling system pressured
any ideas and types to whats wrong or what to do?
ANYWAYS....point of the story, i go to walmart yesterday, as me and my buddy walk out we see antifreeze has dripped out from somewhere, we check thermostat housing and its fine then BAM i see that the radiator hose that leads to the housing looks as if all the air has been sucked out and looks all shriveled up and looks like a grape almost. hahaha, but still i notice the resovior is full of fluid. The truck is not all the way hot, so we just go ahead and pop the radiator cap off and theres absolutley no fuild in the radiator and we see that theres alot of rust in there. And ive never put just water in my radiator so im assuming the guy i bought it from used alot since he lived in the desert. So me and my buddy pour some antifreeze into the radiator till its full enough.
All i know to do is drain out all the antifreeze with water, and then pour in brand new fresh antifree and my buddy said to go get my radiator and cooling system pressured
any ideas and types to whats wrong or what to do?