Re: temperature problem?

Posted by Mark Hill On 2013/6/18 18:39:00

Removed my water pump(another thread about repair) and found that it was not correctly assembled, and the seal leaking. I put a bore scope up the distribution tube. All looked good until the camera got submerged in coolant near the back of the block. Nice! Just for the heck of it, I stuffed the camera in the neck of the rad...whoa! Found a gob of solder and tubes partially blocked with some white crud. Nice! Now I'm getting to the source of the issue. Yea! Pulled the rad and run the garden hose in it and washed out some of the crud. Took an "O" ring pick and pulled out a chunk of the crud, went in the house and put it in some vinegar. Stirred it gently and it broke down in to a small cloud in the vinegar. Nice! Put the cap on the rad and laid it on the floor with the hose connections facing up. I filled the rad with vinegar yesterday afternoon. It's been sitting for about 24 hours now and the vinegar inside has gotten nice and cloudy. Going to leave it for the rest of the night, flush it out tomorrow and see what it's like inside. It took almost 2 gallons of vinegar, cost...less than 4 bucks. Will post again when I see what it's like after washing out the vinegar.