Thanks bro. So now it doesn’t surge.. keeps the idle steady. It worked this morning for the first drive but after that, when I filled up gas and turned the car back on, it didn’t register as it normally does.. I’ll definitely try to trace the wire back..

Thank you so much.. update: so I flushed the coolant again, ran cleaner through it, purged system with water, filled up with coolant, ran for about 10 min, coolant with cap off, noticed it was slightly frothy, like white and bubbly at the top, also the overflow filled up.. any idea? I thought it...

When I start it, it idles well, but its kind of like when you turn on your fan and your idle goes up.. for me, it got to temp, then it goes and revs itself up a little bit up to 1300 or so, then holds it there for a few seconds then the idle drops back to normal.. but it’s like a cycle.. idles...

Okay so, I did the Coolant change.. weird thing now though, there is a slight idle surge (800-1k.). Not super high but definitely when warmed up does it more.. my temp needle from the dash reaches to about little less than half way.. Not entirely sure what’s up.. any ideas guys? It’s Friday so...

Okay, going to do now. Thanks guys. Fingers crossed!Just to be sure, when I take off the thermo housing, to take out the thermostat, I’ll have to put back in the housing and then purge the system with water right? First from lower going up rad hose and probably do the port on the rad at the...

How can I check the level while filling it?

Also any specific gasket or will the either eagle/eclipse one do..Really stupid here… “jiggle valve”? :)

So I may just go pick up a gasket.. should I get a new thermostat? If so, any recommendations?

Also, would I need a sealant for when I put that thermostat back in and for when I bolt it back down? I don’t have any atm and would hate to mess it up and have to leave it for Friday..

At the risk of sounding dumb, I took pictures before I do anything… pic 3, those two bolts come out then the thermostat will be there?Also could I just take out the hose in pic 2 at the top by the cap or should I take out the side by the rad

So when you say blast water into engine… disconnect upper rad hose from rad, seen in pic 2.. Then disconnect lower rad hose, the take garden hose and blast water through lower hose upward?Also, forward flush would be just the opposite right? So after that, pour water where my coolant cap is...

Appreciate you guys! Yeah I got the car like this, so a lot of these things are on my list to be able to change/replace. If I were going to reuse the same lower rad hose, can I disconnect, drain, then run water into the system and flush it out that way? I don’t have any special flush or cleaner...

Thanks Guys. So that plug in Pic 1 is a magnetic plug with no way to take it out.. I can definitely remove lower rad hose but I think I may wait till Friday and get some new hoses to replace the old ones.. I think one of the previous owners was running water for coolant, making this a summer...

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Hey guys so I just got this car about two weeks ago. I love it, it’s got some goodies. I don’t know much about it though. As I’m doing changes myself, I keep running into simple blocks.. My question today is, where can I drain my coolant from? I went to where the stock drain petcock is and it’s...