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Double check that radiator intake. It should be below the engine. If it were above the block then a slight coolant loss would stop all circulation.

On my vehicles, I usually fill, warm up, and flush several times.

One way to glush with a garden hose is to remove the inlet heater hose from the engine, connect the garden hose, using your imagination to find ways that don't leak too bad, to one end and plug the other. Take the rad cap off and turn on the water. DON'T RUN THE ENGINE WHILE DOING THIS. It should after some time have reasonably clean water coming out of the rad.

actually many heater hoses are 5/8" i.d. and so are most garden hoses; I use a garden hose repair adapter with 5/8" heater hose to make up a short adapter for flushing heater cores etc. no reason you couldn't do the same with a whole engine. just remove a heater hose from its fitting (difficult if they are old, but that may be a sign you need new hoses) and attach a short length of new heater hose. on the other end of the hose attach a female garden hose repair fitting, attach that to the end of your actual garden hose et voila.

If you are going to do this it might help to open the block drains in your engine block and flush through there, then replace the block drains and remove the lower radiator hose at the radiator (petcock will not allow enough flow for a good flush)

good luck

nate

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What Nate said..........ditto.

If you can't afford....... the adaptor from the parts store.....then rig one up .....go through a heater hose to do the flush.

One difference between me and Nate......I prefer take'n the rad cap off to let the water flush out........THEN, when done.... take the lower hose off and run water into the radiator to wash out the bottom. But..i'm now using a flush machine.....so it's a bit easier.

anywhoooooo......anyway is better than no way, and finding a way is ok.

:)

GL

~:~ MarshMonster