Bad booster too?!

[Cubey]

if you are pushed for time i think i would still filter what you have and toss it in short term. it cant be worse than what was in the system before.

The problem with the idea of a coolant filter on a van chassis is, where can you put it? There's no room. The heater hoses aren't very long compared to a truck. I'd have to run 10-15ft hoses down under and mount a coolant filter on the frame. Even the fuel separator was located under the driver's seat, with a pull handle from inside under a hatch attached to a cable.

Yeah, I'm aware of the risk of a dead radiator from cleaning it. I'm probably just gonna use the cheapest Prestone cleaner from WM, about $4 a bottle.

But in the short term, I am going to replace all the coolant/heater hoses, try to filter the old coolant, and just put it back in, and top off with cheap 50/50.

I suppose a fuel filter would filter well enough? I might just use a siphon hose attached to a cheap small engine fuel filter and let it filter that way. It will be slow but it would work. And it could pump the filtered coolant right back into the radiator, saving the step of refilling the radiator manually.

 

[MtnHaul]

To clean the rad you can remove it and let it soak overnight filled with regular white vinegar. Pretty cheap and shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[Clb]

Run some red devil drain cleaner thru it??

 

[Cubey]

Man, getting those probably original heater hoses off was a serious knuckle buster, especially with the original horrible clamps. It uses pretty much exactly 4ft total over 3 pieces.

Here's the lower radiator hose. The spring in it still looks great, so I'm gonna put it in the new hose. The new hose didn't come with one. The spring isn't what poked the hole, just age. The spring sat in the bottom part of the hose and the hole was up by the block.

On my way to get 4ft of new 5/8 hose and all new clamps. I already have the new radiator hoses from Amazon, Gates ones.

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