90notch3

i currently am putting my car away for the winter but i believe there is more water in my block the antifreeze. how do i go about putting more antifreeze in my block. the car dosent run right now.. what do i do?

projectresto83

drain the radiator and refill? if you don't have a radiator hooked up how far tore down is your car?

87FoxStang

If your car is easily re-assembled to run do so, then drain and fill then run. making sure to get the motor up to norm operating temp. this way you know you have equal mix throughout the system. If to far disassembled, how far?

90notch3

well i have taken the rocker arms off because they need an adjustment and i was planning to do a few mods over winter i just forgot and want to make sure i dont ruin things.
any way to do it without running?

90notch3

and im only worried about the block, i need to get some kind of circulation going without the car running so could i fill the inlet hose with antifreeze then turn the water pump??

calfroper_06

can you take the t-stat out so it dont restict flow, then blow the water out of the block by mouth and the radiator hose. well thats how i cleaned my system before filled with antifreeze. it got all the junk out from a little corrosin that was in there, i would think then you could put antifreeze back through the upper radiator hose after you blow all the water out, thats my 2 cents

calfroper_06

you dont have an electric waterpump hangin around do you lol.

90notch3

nope i wish too much money haha. can i turn the water pump manually and it should work right?

symonds86

see if you can get to the block drains ones on the passenger side of car in front of motor mount and the other in front of the bell housing on drivers side they are allen head plugs. after ya drain the rad pull these and it should drain the block, also i have run a water pump with an electric motor before so im sure ya could do it with an electric drill