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radiator flush

Postby Pedro » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:10 pm

looking at getting a car with a radiator that has oil in it, so once i got the source of oil sorted what does one use to clean the oily sludge out of a cooling system, having search the web i came to conclusion that the wynns flush type of stuff aint the best, ideas?

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Re: radiator flush

Postby SV1K » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:12 pm

Replace it, that is what Petone radiators told me because the oil will never be fully removed.

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Re: radiator flush

Postby coop » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:22 pm

washing powder.
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Re: radiator flush

Postby mudtroll » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:26 am

Just been through this with my patrol( trans cooler leaking ), radiator shop suggest washing powder, but ended up having to replace radiator.
Hoses were completely clogged with white gooey shit as well. Soaked them in a fish bin with a degreasor mixture & ran the washing powder mix thru the motor a few times draining & replacing each time.
Seems to have cleaned it out.

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Re: radiator flush

Postby Waddles » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:38 pm

washing powder ae. that sounds like a idea mine due for a flush.
Is it ok to go through the engine though? like stick it in then take it for a long hard drive or leave it running?

I also herd costic soda good. A spoon of that in it and take it for a thrashing
softens everything drain it and hose it out.
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Re: radiator flush

Postby williamhamilton » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:59 pm

Washing powder as mentioned above is often used but make sure you rinse/flush it well and some powders can be very corrosive

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Re: radiator flush

Postby DJ » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:25 pm

dont use costic soda ..has a very bad reaction to alloy ( loves to eat it and hard to stop ) Try a water based degreaser MS691..... works for me

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Re: radiator flush

Postby ice4x4 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:59 pm

Dishwasher powder!

It produces far less suds than laundry detergent.

But as mentioned before make sure you flush the system thoroughly..
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Re: radiator flush

Postby hachi_roku » Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:28 pm

you can actually buy a cleaner from rad shops to flush the system with, ive used it a few times now and works good.. cant remember the name though, but any good rad repairer should have it in stock

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