1992 RS Camaro. First car for Der Burger.

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We got started on the R&R of the cooling system on this thing yesterday.
First I poured in a bottle of cooling system flush and fired it up and let it run for the 20 minutes the bottle says too.

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After that I wanted to test out my swap meet Snap On pressure tester and it held pretty well.
I suspect it may have needed a better seal at the connection though...

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Here we are putting water into the upper hose to reverse flush it...

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And then we used the lower radiator hose to flush it out the other way...

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Then we went as far as to run it through the heater hose as well to make sure that is as clean as it gets.
After that, it was dark fast because we started late.

Next though, we are going to reconnect the hoses to old radiator and fill the thing with water.
This little tester is super simple as it just has an adapter that a plastic piece force fits into.
In the bottom of the S, there is a fluid that you fill it with that is blue.
While running, the whole thing sits in the filler neck of the radiator and while the car is running air bubbles through it.
If the fluid changes from blue to green or yellow, there are combustion gasses in the coolant.
Now you need a fresh set of head gaskets and a possible trip to the machine shop.

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If the fluid stays blue, you are good to go.

We shall see another day what the test shows us as work is busy and I have low want to perform currently.
So I am dragging my feet all day, that just means I work longer each day to make up for the slackerism I have.

 

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Also, that cement mixing pan is awesome for catching the fluid from this job.
Much easier than trying to aim it into a bucket.

All of this stuff is waiting to go in as well.
I got a new water pump for the because of it and they are cheap insurance.
This one is from Dayco and it came prepainted.

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A fresh thermostat.
I went with the high flow version with the bubbler to let all the air pass as the car runs.

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Here is a fresh fan switch as the one in the car does not work for some reason.
We just turn the missing AC on and the ECM turns the fan on.

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And for later checks, some dye.

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