where do you guys flush your car

[2001V6Power]

okay.. i have 29,000 miles on my car. where do you guys recommend to get at!! I hear jiffy lube does a good job. Yet, I want to use royal blue I hear they do well with nitrous applications.

[Ian]

are you talkin oil, coolant, what?

whats royal blue?

i flushed my car in the street, the coolant that is. oh well.

[FlamespikeMST1]

Oil, do it yourself-Mobil 1
Radiator, do it yourself-Dexcool
Rear end, do it yourself-uh..Mobil hehe
Tranny, let a shop do it-The shop

[ThatsMeGC]

Oil, ya just do it yourself since you are going to have to buy your own oil anyway. I believe you mean Royal Purple, btw.

And for Radiator, I'm a supporter of ditching dex-cool for the green stuff (After a really good flush)

[hockeyman]

Originally posted by ThatsMeGC:
And for Radiator, I'm a supporter of ditching dex-cool for the green stuff (After a really good flush)

AMEN! Screw dex-cool! You'll be looking at that brown muck/silicone crap about one month after you flush and fill back up with dex-cool. Dex-cool was once referred here as "the spawn of satan", and I believe it!
It takes a little while to totally flush it out of your engine, but trust me...It's Worth It!

[BLLDOGG]

i agree with everyone about doing it yourself, but i dont agree about changing from dex-cool. read my other response to this i posted the other day in this forum

[navyblue2000]

A link would be nice blldog, but...that's beyond you :rolleyes:

FWIW, stay with the dex cool, run about a 66/33 or 75/25 mix of water to dex. I've found this doesn't freeze in winter (if you have winters lol)... and there's minimal "gunk" build up.

[Camaro2k]

^^^ distilled water ... not tap water plz ...

[terminaldegree]

I've not seen much used oil analysis of Royal Purple's "regular" oils that makes me want to spend that much more than Mobil 1. What's the point doing that anyway if the Jiffy Lube people are going to screw on a rebadged, cheap Fram oil filter anyway.

I agree all of this stuff is DIY, including dropping the pan and the filter from the trans. [I know some of you prefer flushing, but come on, this car only has 29K on the clock...] I use the Dexcool still, and have had no problems. Honestly, most people have problems with this stuff because they don't do preventative maintenace on their cooling system at all.

[terminaldegree]

BTW, if you can't/don't want to climb under your car to do the trans and differential, the LAST place I would take it is a quick oil change shop.