[len125]

how much is a camaro V6 basic drain and fill coolant flush?

[bishopts]

Depends on who does it. Its cheaper if you do it unless you break everything because you don't know how.
Dealerships are usually more expensive than independent shops.
Mobile mechanics can save you money sometimes but they can also have no idea what they are doing or maybe think they know what they are doing (which is much worse).

For the most part asking how much a coolant flush i ln your area on camaro forums isn't a good idea. Call a couple dealers near you and get quotes, then look on google maps for auto repair shops near you and look at their reviews. Then get quotes from them.

[sscentex]

Gonna be a couple hundred bucks at a shop. Worth it to avoid the mess and hassle.

[S.Macias]

In my opinion it’s easier and cleaner to do than oil.

Only need a gallon and a half so can be done for about $30 ($28 for the coolant- not diluted, and $2 for a gallon of distilled water).

There’s the yellow valve on the passenger side, just twist. It’s a good arms length down on the side of the radiator. Capture the outgoing fluid. Close valve. Fill until full. Turn the car on with the coolant cap off for about ten minutes. Add any additional fluid. Good to go.

[Matt1LE]

Originally Posted by len125

how much is a Camaro V6 basic drain and fill coolant flush?

You can check to see if your dealer has any specials going on. It's getting into Spring. Nows the time they have cooling service specials. My V6 1LE, with extra radiators, was $130ish on a special deal.


I usually done that myself on many other cars and motorcycles. However, I had a C4 Corvette that had a the special cooling system I could never purge air out of the system no matter how hard I tried. That's why I didn't even bother with the 1LE and its cooling setup.


Good luck

[lowke]

I replaced my thermostat recently.Drained the radiator and filled. Watched YouTube videos, made it easy.

[SS_Don]

Draining the radiator filling isn’t really flushing the cooling system which is what the OP asked about.


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[bishopts]

Originally Posted by SS_Don

Draining the radiator filling isn’t really flushing the cooling system which is what the OP asked about.


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[Ventmaster]

+1 it's not a flush but a "drain and fill" if you have a low mileage car, a drain and a fresh refill is easily accomplished as previously described- open the yellow valve, and remove the radiator cap (you are doing this with a cold engine, right?), I also took the cap off the little reserve tank on top.
Have your bucket under the drain and the car will very conveniently drain the radiator and all the little reservoir tanks up top.
Mix your Dexos coolant 50/50 with distilled water and slowly fill the radiator (you don't want to be in a hurry and trap any air, so pour it slowly). Then you will also need to refill the reservoir tanks, so have a funnel handy.
And you're done.
Take a drive and check your levels when hot. I changed my coolant based on the time factor (low-low miles for a car this age but) when she was about to turn 6 years old, I figured it was time. The fluid looked great (I had 25K miles on the clock) with nothing floating around or even cloudy, so it was my opinion that I needn't worry about a "flush". Can't remember if the car required any additional top off after driving, but if any was needed it wasn't much.
When she turns 10 I'll prolly do the same thing because it couldn't have been any easier and a lot less expen$ive then asking a dealer or any garage.

[wingchunsifu]

I just did mine in a well known local shop. They charged $170. The dealer will beat you over the head.

[Ventmaster]

Originally Posted by bishopts

Depends on who does it. Its cheaper if you do it unless you break everything because you don't know how.
Dealerships are usually more expensive than independent shops.
Mobile mechanics can save you money sometimes but they can also have no idea what they are doing or maybe think they know what they are doing (which is much worse).

For the most part asking how much a coolant flush i ln your area on camaro forums isn't a good idea. Call a couple dealers near you and get quotes, then look on google maps for auto repair shops near you and look at their reviews. Then get quotes from them.

LOL- just had to ask if this was a recent wound inflicted by a customer? Sounds fresh, like you may still be shaking your head over it.
But I especially liked the part about folks who "maybe think they know what they are doing"! I thought I was the only one who noticed that!

[bishopts]

Originally Posted by Ventmaster

LOL- just had to ask if this was a recent wound inflicted by a customer? Sounds fresh, like you may still be shaking your head over it.
But I especially liked the part about folks who "maybe think they know what they are doing"! I thought I was the only one who noticed that!

Ive seen it quite a few times. Recently a guy had a starter going out. He took it and said he can do it himself. Less than 24hrs his wife called and said she told him to take it back and let us do it because she needs it to work after it is repaired.