Hi all, Does anyone have a recommendation for how to clean out the cooling system on an '84 Westy while the engine is out being rebuilt? This engine failed by breaking a head stud and there was coolent leakage into the oil as well as oil leakage into the coolent. I am rebuilding the engine and I will remove the radiator and take it to the shop for cleaning/testing but I not sure how to get the oil/water/emulsion out of the hoses and pipes under the vehicle. When I took 'auto mechanics' in high school we had a device called a "Zoo Flush Gun" which was a nozzle device to which was attached a water source as well as a compressed air source. The output was a high velocity, high volume water froth. This would probably be great for this application, assuming that I disconnect the radiator and heater cores and flush them seperately. But I don't know where to find such a device. Thanks, -Dyer Lytle in Tucson |
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