Well, the '79 will be going away for the winter... I will run it for a while once a week or so...
but the coolant dosn't look very good... in the plastic container it is brownish, but when I remove the radiator cap, it is green... although the cap itself is very rusty, and all the coolant in the area of the cap has rust in it when I take it off... I need to buy a new cap...
it is cold.. and I am not in the mood to do a full coolant change... if I simply pull off the lower rad hose and drain whatever comes out, connect it then fill it back up... is that good enough? how much would a shop charge to do a coolant change?
Unless I just bring it to one of those lube places, and have then do a coolant change as well as change the oil in the rear end... which I want to have replaced soon anyway....
or will it be fine for winter, and I'll do it... along with other stuff in the Spring? are the cast iron big blocks as tempermental to coolant changes as the 4.x and NorthStar are? either way, i am going to be replacing the cap... it is bad, if I touch it, rust comes on my hand... I don't want that going around the cooling system...
but the coolant dosn't look very good... in the plastic container it is brownish, but when I remove the radiator cap, it is green... although the cap itself is very rusty, and all the coolant in the area of the cap has rust in it when I take it off... I need to buy a new cap...
it is cold.. and I am not in the mood to do a full coolant change... if I simply pull off the lower rad hose and drain whatever comes out, connect it then fill it back up... is that good enough? how much would a shop charge to do a coolant change?
Unless I just bring it to one of those lube places, and have then do a coolant change as well as change the oil in the rear end... which I want to have replaced soon anyway....
or will it be fine for winter, and I'll do it... along with other stuff in the Spring? are the cast iron big blocks as tempermental to coolant changes as the 4.x and NorthStar are? either way, i am going to be replacing the cap... it is bad, if I touch it, rust comes on my hand... I don't want that going around the cooling system...