Coolant issues again......
Submitted: Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 23:09
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Member - Martyn (WA)
Ok I've now changed from tap water to distilled water, just come back from a great weekend with my local club up at Mt Gibson
emu farm, great place but very flippin cold. 30 fourbys, big crowd and looked good in a convoy touring around the coutryside. Good facilities and a very friendly station owner, sold Emu related products, from heart tablets to an aphrodisiac tablet made from the shell of the egg, ummmmmmmm not to sure about that.
Does anybody have any revolutionary way of removing the old water from the cooling system after doing the flush etc etc. After draining everything out, removing the rad etc and trying to remove as much water as possible, even tried blowing it out with air without much success I was till only able to get 8 litres of "new" coolant into the system. Tried putting the old girl on her roof and on lying it's side again without much success!! Any ground breaking ideas?Keep the shiny side up
Reply By: Member - Martyn (WA) - Friday, Jun 06, 2003 at 20:56
Friday, Jun 06, 2003 at 20:56
People,
Thanks for the replies, since reading some of the replies about my coolant issues in an earlier thread I've become a bit paranoid abot mixing coolants and tap water, I've cleaned everything out as
well as I can plus used rain water as a flush, then put the new coolant into the rad (concentrate) and topped up with distilled water, everything appears fine and I don't have any bubbling aluminium appearing. I was just asking if anybody had any better ways of draining & flushing to get a concencus. I didn't drain
the block off because it was really really difficult to get to
the block drain past the turbo casing, I gave up for fear of creating a leak when I couldn't tighten the plug up.
Anyway thanks for the help happy foruming............ Keep the shiny side up
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Reply By: Member - David- Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 00:35
Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 00:35
Martyn & Others,
Dont get too confident with the rainwater. I used it exclusively on my
farm for 5 years and had to replace every radiator in that time. 2 tractors, truck, Rocky ute, Nissan, Mitsubishi car, and then woke up it was the water when 2 galvanised rainwater tanks rusted out in 5 and a half years from new. The problem all started when I built a new shed with zincalume cladding, and plain galvanised guttering and tanks. Apparently there is a reaction under these circumstances and it stuffs everything. (probably why I'm bald too). Interestingly, when I tried to claim a warranty on the tanks, I did receive a deal on 2 new ones which arrived lined with plastic film as Lysaght had sussed the problem.
The moral, not all rain water is good for radiators and engine blocks!!
Cheers
David
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Follow Up By: Bob Y. - Qld - Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 14:32
Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 14:32
David,
I''ll agree with you on that score, was at a station in NT, where a lab technician tested all the rainwater tanks, and found the local creek water, had a better pH reading than the tanks. When you think of all the gunk that lands in guttering, and gets into tanks, it's a wonder we don't glow in the dark.
Hooroo...
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Follow Up By: TonyH - Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 15:03
Saturday, Jun 07, 2003 at 15:03
Have just started using distilled water in my
farm vehicles instead of rainwater or using premixed for the big toys. New core for the Mitsubishi was $500 and $2 per 5lts is nothing when you look at it at preventative.
A Neighbour has just had his loader recored for the 4 yr in a row from just sticking
bore water in the old girl. The
bore water is high in lead and reactive iron which just loves copper.
Tony H
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