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Re: 2003 Arc (V6) baby poo explosion in engine area? Posted by SWEDECAR [Email]  (#112)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from SWEDECAR) on Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:01:14
In Reply to: Re: 2003 Arc (V6) baby poo explosion in engine area?, ScottA, Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:40:37 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Tried the Simple Green last week on a Volvo S40 in the same condition.
It works with cleaning the engine block since the fluid is rushing by quicker and the engine block is so much hotter but it does not manage to clean the radiator. Unless you have days and weeks to fiddle with it and drain and refill repeatedly.
As a DIY that might be feasible but for me it doesn't work.
What happens in the radiator is that as soon as a hole has been "punched through" through enough of the cooling channels, the water is only circulating there and don't give a rats ass about the channels further down that are still plugged up.
That's the hard lesson I learned with the radiator in the picture. I first blew out as much as possible with just plain water. Then I ran the car with Simple Green for several hours on the freeways and streets draining in between and getting lots and lots of goo out every time, flushing the system.
Then I removed the intake manifold and thermostat and hoses and rigged a contraption to my parts washer pressure line so I could have super hot detergent flushing through engine block and pipes alone and radiator alone and when it looked like everything was clean, I hooked up everything and still had and slight overheat problem at extended freeway driving.
When I finally ripped the radiator out, this is what it looked like. So all those hours and hours and mess I was in, it meant nothing in the end.
If I had ripped the radiator out right away and used a new one, it would have saved me soo much time and money but I tried to save money for the customer since I had replaced the radiator just 30K miles earlier.
It is also HUGE difference in if you nip it in the bud before the oil saturation has reached a level where the emulsion is whipped into a frenzy creating this goo or if you catch it early enough so that you are only dealing with oil on water scenario.
Oil and water doesn't mix at first but when you reach a certain level of oil contamination, the water pump is making whipped cream (or chocolate pudding) out of it.
Anders
, Mon, 4 Apr 2011 17:33:51, Tue, 5 Apr 2011 07:03:58
, Mon, 4 Apr 2011 19:56:09, Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:46:21, Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:01:14 <-- Viewing This Message
, Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:38:36
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