egg and radiator leak after effects?

[my name is joe]

1998 camry le 2.2 4cyl
so about half a week ago i threw in an egg hoping it would seal up the leak i have on my radiator. i searched the internet and bought an aftermarket radiator off ebay. i still havent recieved the radiator yet but i want to ask before i change it. the egg particles can be found around my radiator, near the cap and in the resivoir. could they be anywhere else? im going to do a radiator flush and im not sure that the little hole where everything drains out of will take out everything. im worried that it will get stuck somewhere and do more damage then the rust that the coolant collected. has anyone did the egg trick and flushed it? what problems did you run into? anyone got any tips to changing the radiator?

[groovemasterodi]

There may be some unknown to me benefit, but this just seems.. bizarre to me to say the least. Good luck?

[warlock]

Wow that is a very old hotrod trick. Its ment to only get you home or down the track. Yes I've done it. The egg is going to be everywhere. But as long as you keep water filled and don't let it dryup the egg will not salidafy. When you get the new rad. Flush the whole system with the old one still on. Once clean replace the rad. And fill and flush with motor running if clean after 5 min you are good to go.

[SamKT]

That's really bizzare! The main thing is not to have the particles plug up the vent return on the radiator cap. As long as it's soft that is not an issue.

I would change out all coolant hoses too. Remove the old radiator and thermostat, plug in a garden hose into the upper hose and blast away. Flush with distilled water (2-3 gals) before putting everything back together, with OEM thermostat, Red coolant and distilled water.

[my name is joe]

cant i use the universal coolant rather then red? prestone has some 50/50 stuff too

[desentrix]

If your car started with green, stick with green. Likewise for red.

You can use pre-mixed 50/50 solution, but you're better off with 100% and mixing it yourself.

[flyeri]

SamKT is on the right track. Remove old radiator and the thermostat. Run the garden hose through the engine with the heater in the hot position. You can crank the engine and let it pump the water through. After it all comes out clean put the old or new thermostat in, replace any suspect hoses, and install your new rediator. Some clean water is still in the block and heater core. Add one gallon of Prestone 100% (or your fravorite brand). That will give you a mix of 50-70%. Finish topping off with clean water. That will keep you from freezing in most of Alaska and below boiling in the desert.

You can put in the long life stuff if you want but personally I'm not leaving it in for more than 2-3 yrs anyway. I like green stuff to be green, red stuff to be red, and so on. When it gets discolored it gets changed even if it is still chemically good.

[my name is joe]

Originally Posted by flyeri

SamKT is on the right track. Remove old radiator and the thermostat. Run the garden hose through the engine with the heater in the hot position. You can crank the engine and let it pump the water through. After it all comes out clean put the old or new thermostat in, replace any suspect hoses, and install your new rediator. Some clean water is still in the block and heater core. Add one gallon of Prestone 100% (or your fravorite brand). That will give you a mix of 50-70%. Finish topping off with clean water. That will keep you from freezing in most of Alaska and below boiling in the desert.

You can put in the long life stuff if you want but personally I'm not leaving it in for more than 2-3 yrs anyway. I like green stuff to be green, red stuff to be red, and so on. When it gets discolored it gets changed even if it is still chemically good.

so what you're tellign me to do is run the car with the radiator off the car and put a hose through it?
my friends been telling me i should just flush the radiator that i have now and i can also put the hose through the radiator top cap. then replace it with the new one. i just got the radiator today. just tolet you guys know i need this car to run from now till january because im switching off to a wrx. anything holding till then will really be fine.

[ShotgunCheeks]

Quick fixes make more problems later, the egg is everywhere the coolant travels, it would be wise to do a good coolant flush before throwin in the new radiator.

[flyeri]

so what you're tellign me to do is run the car with the radiator off the car and put a hose through it?

Basically yes. As long as you are running water through the block it will be no problem if the radiator is off. You need the running water pump to flush the contaminated water and egg out of the entire system including the heater. But you do not want to contaminate the new radiator so don't connect to hoses until the system is flushed.

DON"T RUN THE ENGINE FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD WITHOUT RUNNING WATER THROUGH IT.