[Fogey0]

I am at a shop to have coolant flushed and drained. They said cant do the intercooler because it requires a special kit?

 

[Karch]

What are you asking?


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[deshars313]

Drain and flush the intercooler just as you would the radiator. Just takes a while to bleed the air out.

 

[Fogey0]

Drain and flush the intercooler just as you would the radiator. Just takes a while to bleed the air out.

The tech told me they would need some sort of kit to drain the intercooler and it would have to be done at a dealer because they don’t have the kit.

 

[tinman]

Find another mechanic. Now.

 

[Karch]

It’s so absurd.

There are so many ways you can flush it. Then just drain what you can, fill with your favorite blend of distilled water and antifreeze, purge all air and call it a day.


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[Fogey0]

Thanks for the comments.
Where is the drain valve for this?

 

[mememe123]

Do google/YouTube search, there are a couple helpful videos on that

 

[Karch]

Thanks for the comments.
Where is the drain valve for this?

If you find one, let us know (there isn’t one).


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[deshars313]

Pick a hose of your liking

 

[Fogey0]

I am on here because I don’t know anywhere near as much about cars as anyone on this forum. I am looking for help. So far, I have not gotten any indication of what exactly needs to be done. I guess maybe I expected too much.

 

[PGA2B]

1. You are being told it doesn't take a special tool.
2. You can do it yourself.
3. Google is your friend: changing fluid in cts-v intercooler - Google Search

 

[deshars313]

Here are the cliffnotes
Jack your car up
unclamp the hose going to the heat exchanger
drain fluid, and since you want to flush, you could reconnect the hose, fill with DI water, take the car for a spin, get into boost, then come home and disconnect hose again (will be very hot and pressurized if you dont wait). Fill it with your coolant of choice at the T (which on top of your engine on the passenger side next to the strut tower). Now the fun part, make sure the air is bled out. Im sure you can google how to bleed air out of a radiator. Good luck.

 

[deshars313]

Come to think of it, while youre at it, might as well take that dinky oem heat exchanger and upgrade it to a C&R or a cheaper but comparable option is a weaponX variant

 

[Fogey0]

Thank you very much!

 

[Bluecoupe]

This:

Come to think of it, while youre at it, might as well take that dinky oem heat exchanger and upgrade it to a C&R or a cheaper but comparable option is a weaponX variant

That tiny little HX with the plastic tanks needs to go...