What are some maintenance/repair jobs better left for pros to do?

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Jun 23, 2015 | 04:11 PM

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Kolt

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From: Jackson, TN

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Originally Posted by sc4door

Honestly with the 2 drains for coolant in these cars, I wouldn't even worry about a flush. I just fully drain and refill. Pull the drain plug out of the radiator and also the one out of the water pump and you should be able to get nearly all of it out. That's just my 2 cents. As for your question, there's nothing I haven't tackled so far on this car and I get elected to do all things mechanical on family's cars also. Most recently, replacing the injectors in a powerstroke. Everything is a learning experience

You'd be surprised how much is still left after draining from both of those, you still have about 2-3 quarts between the heater core and residual in the block. If you do drain and fills about every 3years or 80k id say your good. Otherwise you need to flush cuz when those 2-3 quarts worth of additives start breaking down it'll contaminate your fresh coolant and negate some of its properties.

Jun 25, 2015 | 04:31 PM

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Viperoni

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From: Mississauga, ON, Canada

Alignments (by somebody who knows what they're doing)
Bodywork
Building an engine (by somebody who has experience with the engine specifically)
Welding

Otherwise I do pretty much everything myself

Jun 26, 2015 | 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Viperoni

Alignments (by somebody who knows what they're doing)
Bodywork
Building an engine (by somebody who has experience with the engine specifically)
Welding

Otherwise I do pretty much everything myself

That's exactly where my line is drawn as well lol