What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[lil red rocket]

And its probably a lot safer to used also

[Oren09]

.... What's with the Cascade dishwasher power??
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As Walth said above.
The powder is abrasive enough to clean the coolant passages in the engine and heater core. And its much cheaper than commercial coolant flush chemicals.

[walth]

it's great. I flushed mine a while back as well. it's actually called for use by Ford for some of their bigger engines. check FB71's posts in the "for those with barely any heat" thread

[boydg1]

.... What's with the Cascade dishwasher power??
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Today I flushed the cooling system:

Removed thermostat and reinstalled housing
Disconnected upper radiator hose from radiator
Inserted water hose into upper radiator hose
Ran water hose until clear water came out of radiator
Reconnected radiator hose
Poured about one cup of Cascade dishwasher powder into radiator and filled with water
Started engine, bricked gas pedal, and let it run for a few minutes
Shut off engine
Flushed as above
Repeat wash cycle
Flush
Install new thermostat (proper Motorcraft style, which my car had, but it was original)
Fill with coolant/water

Did this to Izzystiva too.

My car now stays in the normal temperature range when cruising on the highway and the heater blows burning hot- too hot to hold my hand in front of the vents. Izzystiva improved much, but still not as hot as mine. The coolant passage for the thermostat and the inside of the radiator of that car is covered in crud still though.

[zoom zoom]

I looked at my spire and wished it was done? Does that count?

nothing... ended up playing in the snow with my niece and nephew since we finally got enough to do something. usually we are in the feet of snow levels by now.

I haven't seen a flake of snow yet, they've been calling for it for weeks, it's surely cold enough now but it quit raining a few days ago.

[Nerd Racing]

nothing... ended up playing in the snow with my niece and nephew since we finally got enough to do something. usually we are in the feet of snow levels by now.

[gauge_half_inch]

The radiator has nothing to do with a car having the ability to warm up. If it isn't warming up, the thermostat is faulty, or there is some other issue.

I know this, but that is his logic. Would you argue and pass up this deal?

[timmay89]

Installed Kia Rio struts on the festiva. So far the ride is great! Now for some aspire rear shocks.

[Christ]

Snagged a sweet trade from my buddy. He had a 2core all aluminium radiator in his sohc civic when he bought it. Stock sohc civics can not heat up with that big of a radiator.

The radiator has nothing to do with a car having the ability to warm up. If it isn't warming up, the thermostat is faulty, or there is some other issue.

[200KGPGTP]

Festiva1 gets towed home today. Hopefully I have it running by monday.

[BUSTIVA]

Started and finished my turbo setup all in one day!!!

Started it up and the oil feed line that I hade professionally made at a connector/hose specialist shop fell apart. The guy didn't crimp the end correctly causing it to pop off. So now I have to wait till monday to get it fixed

But it did start up and idle, as well as rev great! The turbo sounds so nasty!!! :evil5:

[Oren09]

Is my Festiva dishwasher safe?!

Today I flushed the cooling system:

Removed thermostat and reinstalled housing
Disconnected upper radiator hose from radiator
Inserted water hose into upper radiator hose
Ran water hose until clear water came out of radiator
Reconnected radiator hose
Poured about one cup of Cascade dishwasher powder into radiator and filled with water
Started engine, bricked gas pedal, and let it run for a few minutes
Shut off engine
Flushed as above
Repeat wash cycle
Flush
Install new thermostat (proper Motorcraft style, which my car had, but it was original)
Fill with coolant/water

Did this to Izzystiva too.

My car now stays in the normal temperature range when cruising on the highway and the heater blows burning hot- too hot to hold my hand in front of the vents. Izzystiva improved much, but still not as hot as mine. The coolant passage for the thermostat and the inside of the radiator of that car is covered in crud still though.

[91mcnasty]

At a boy gauge, I stared at my BP and thought of how sweet it's gonna be when I get it done!!!

[gauge_half_inch]

Snagged a sweet trade from my buddy. He had a 2core all aluminium radiator in his sohc civic when he bought it. Stock sohc civics can not heat up with that big of a radiator. He wanted a stock one, even trade for the warranty radiator. Best part is, its his other car that is waiting on other parts anyway. He let me snag the big one now! Already installed and back on the road.

[walth]

AAAAAAAAHH!!! soo frustrating! this morning I had to crawl through the hatch to get in, then drove to work locked inside, and got the lock to release when I got to work. Tonight I sprayed everything lock-wise down with white lithium grease and worked everything and put some in the window.

then moved to working on the license plate light (right side) that was out. screws were shot. grinded them down enough to melt the plastic below and pull out. lol. then got it working and reinstalled with new screws and then replaced the left sides screws and then that light went out. worked on the clips that complete the circuit and it still won't work. I'm pretty peeved.