| Author | Message | ||
     James (Jimmyg) Member Username: Jimmyg Post Number: 123 Registered: 10-2002 |
I was talking to the service dept. at LR Richmond and they told me that you can't flush a radiator on Discovery's. Something about not having a drain plug? All the local places say that they can and have flushed discos before...what the hell? Thanks | ||
| lance (Twyst10) New Member Username: Twyst10 Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2003 |
head up butt = bad mechanic :-) | ||
| Prescottj (Prescottj) Senior Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 269 Registered: 12-2002 |
I would have shown him the plug and have been WTF is this | ||
| Jaime (Blueboy) Senior Member Username: Blueboy Post Number: 533 Registered: 02-2002 |
and then charged the minimum hourly rate for providing the "new" information. Jaime | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 386 Registered: 09-2002 |
LOL. That was funny Jaime. Customers should start invoicing dealerships for "new" info.  Just mail it and see what they say... | ||
| lance (Twyst10) New Member Username: Twyst10 Post Number: 28 Registered: 02-2003 |
very funny stuff! Too bad you cant get the $95 an hr they charge you for info! You dont have to have the dealer do that, ya know? Save money take it to a lube shop... | ||
| Michael Noe (Noee) Senior Member Username: Noee Post Number: 460 Registered: 03-2002 |
I'll never go back to LR RIchmond again for service. That's same kind of bullshit they fed me for 6 months. They will tell you anything just to get you in and out. | ||
| Land Rover Certified Used A**hole (Jason) Senior Member Username: Jason Post Number: 293 Registered: 04-2002 |
Bwaaaaaahahahahaha!!!! There's always an INLET and an OUTLET on a radiator. Heck, even if there wasn't a drain plug, you could always pull the bottom hose and still flush it. Then again, I'd expect when Lucas braches away from electronics, they may opt to perfect the one-way radiator | ||
| thom mathie (Muskyman) Senior member Username: Muskyman Post Number: 179 Registered: 11-2002 |
i'm sorry it cant be flushed! what we can do is install a new radiator for $400 and only charge you 2 hrs labor to do it. •••••••••••!!! | ||
| todd slater (Toddslater) Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 219 Registered: 08-2002 |
I tried flushing mine....damn thing would go down probably for the better I have a septic tank | ||
| J E Robison Service Co (Robisonservice) Senior Member Username: Robisonservice Post Number: 25 Registered: 10-2002 |
You are going to find more and more cars being built without drain plugs in the radiator. There are two ways you are expected to service such vehicles, both of which actually work better than the old drain and fill methods. First, they (Snap On, Matco, etc tool trucks) sell a portable tool for about $150 that uses compressed air to suck the system empty under vacuum. They say this removes more coolant than the old drain method becuase it empties the block better. Also, you get an exact measure of how much was removed. Then the system pulls a vacuum and they use that to suck the new coolant back in. You know right away if you put back the same amount you took out and you are much less likely to get air pockets. This is really an excellent innovation. We don't miss those drains at all on the new cars that lack them. BMW was especially troublesome with getting the air out of the system the old way. Now they are easy. ** The second system, which is much more costly, uses a machine to pump coolant through a filter using the heater connections. These machines claim to recycle by filtering and using additives but I an dubious of them. | ||
| Todd W. McLain (Ganryu) Member Username: Ganryu Post Number: 129 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've seen something similar. Most .jp (wouldn't want to say Jap and offend Ken) service stations have a sytem that uses a vacuum for all of the major fluids (oil, ATF, and coolant). Pretty interesting to watch them change all the fluids and never touch a drain plug. | ||
| Peter Carey (Pcarey) Senior Member Username: Pcarey Post Number: 484 Registered: 05-2002 |
John, Last week that tool was $100, what's up with the inflation? ../2/17773.html"../../clipart/sad.gif" ALT=":-(" BORDER=0>) pwc |
