Radiator Overflow Tank Cleanup

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NachaLuva
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Radiator Overflow Tank Cleanup

Post by NachaLuva » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:10 pm

Yesterday I spent all afternoon replacing the radiator hoses & flushing the system thoroughly.

I also thoroughly cleaned the overflow tank, 1st with a bottle brush, then with coarse sand. Came up a treat! Image

Just be sure to wash out every last grain of sand lol ;)

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Post by El_Freddo » Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:23 pm

AWESOME pics Nachaluva!!!

I've gone with the sand route and it works very well, even better if you soak it first. I've not needed to use the bottle brush cleaner - laziness mainly, plus I didn't think of it and Dad's got some free sand in the creek ;) Don't worry, it ended up on the driveway after I was done with it!

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Post by RSR 555 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:07 am

El_Freddo wrote:AWESOME pics Nachaluva!!!
I have to agree.. that looks the goods :cool:

I was thinking of trying some of that CLR stuff but hey, sand is much cheaper ;)
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Post by steptoe » Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:52 am

Ive tried CLR and it did not work as I intended. Also gone the sand method, as an impro over the old Hungarian method in a dry bottle - rice !

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