How often to get my car radiator cleaned?

[yodaliy879]

I have recently bought a Suzuki Alto VXR 2006 model (Petrol). Its my first car and I was just wondering how often should I get my radiator cleaned? Helpful and experienced advice will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Xulfiqar]

no car in the world has a set regimen for radiator cleaning because the manufacturers fill them with long life coolant that is good for 5 or 10 years depending on brand.

The reason you hear a lot of chatter in Pakistan about cleaning radiator etc, is because people dump the coolant on the ground and promptly fill it with tap water because "coolant mehenga hai"

if your system is rusty/scaly then clean it with a citric acid flush, replace any corroded parts, install missing parts back (thermostat) after that fill it with 50% coolant mix (proper coolant like caltex) and forget about it for the next 5 years. - Dont let any moron mechanic drain it away on the ground - if you need to have the car worked on for some reason, buy a clean shallow pan/tub to collect the coolant and reuse again.

[helper_learner]

Just as told by sir @Xulfiqar, if you radiator is running on water you need to clean it. Read the below thread if cleaning is required

Radiator Flush Alto

After reading and researching many threads and also recommendations by Zulfiqar Bhai. I did a flush to my ALTO radiator. My Radiator and gas kit were recently replaced 1 month back And i was facing no heat up issues. but deposits of rust were increasing in radiator due water and old rust in reservoir and pipes. This was not acceptable to me as sooner or later it will ruin everything. So First step was to remove the thermostat valve by removing its flange. The Valve was quite neat and clean as …

[pwuser159833731986]

Sir Aoa mre pas vxr 2003 model h or es ka redietor kafi ganda hwa zang lga h es ma pani use hwa h ab ma coolent use kr skta hn pni ki jaga ? Agr kron tu knse brand ka plz guide me