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RawhideKid · 08-09-2017, 08:16 PM

Mr.J One thing you can do to help out the over heating is while you have the radiator off the car, simply lay it down flat and pour a gallon of vinegar in it and let it sit a couple days. I have back flushed and even with all that done, after removing the vinegar, I was able to wash out the radiator from the bottom and got quite a few chunks of rust out of it, and this is after a radiator shop did a weekend in the hot tank to clean it!

When you empty the vinegar out, strain it through a cloth and see how much rust comes out. BTW, the vinegar can be used more than once. I don't recommend using vinegar through the engine, because if you don't get it ALL out of the engine, it WILL continue to eat the cast iron!

08-09-2017, 08:16 PM	#11
RawhideKid BANNED Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Lower Left Coast Posts: 469	Re: Basic advice Mr.J One thing you can do to help out the over heating is while you have the radiator off the car, simply lay it down flat and pour a gallon of vinegar in it and let it sit a couple days. I have back flushed and even with all that done, after removing the vinegar, I was able to wash out the radiator from the bottom and got quite a few chunks of rust out of it, and this is after a radiator shop did a weekend in the hot tank to clean it! When you empty the vinegar out, strain it through a cloth and see how much rust comes out. BTW, the vinegar can be used more than once. I don't recommend using vinegar through the engine, because if you don't get it ALL out of the engine, it WILL continue to eat the cast iron!