Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:22:23 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: uncle ron's radiator flush
Comments: To: vw4x4@fyi.net
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How about adding a bit of cascade diswashing to the
system while I am doing this.    I have already tried
the water up the radiator trick with very hot water.
          gary
--- vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:

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    If you are serious about this, hear is what to do.
 Empty the system
by removing hte hose from the rad.  Take a garden hose
and insert
it into the rad. in both directions, several time.
Clean the rest of
the system as much as possible. run with water for the
next few
weeks, flushing several times.  This has never fauled
for me.
                                          Eric

gary hradek wrote:

Eric,    I am concerned that the previous owner dumped
mudin the system to plug the head leak that is now
fixed.Van runs with high speed fan on in a high temp
rangebut will come down to normal if I turn the heater
on.Kind of a drag having to turn the heater on when I
amheading up to oregon near Redding.   Any home
madeflush remedies welcome, I am thinking orange peels
andlemon.   That citrus approach that prestone uses?
                 garyDate:    Tue, 13 Apr 2004
23:56:43 -0400From:    Eric Zeno
<vw4x4@FYI.NET>Subject: Re: uncle ron's radiator
flushYou are wasting your money.  If your rad. is only
3years old, fromnew, and you are running hot, its not
the rad.  Youwould have hadto dump pure mud in it, and
at 3 years old, that wouldeasily flushout. What clogs
a rad. is the constant heating andcooling in the
rad.Vanagons don't cycle that fast, giving them
longerlife. with clogging.There is lots of other
reasons for a Vanagon to runhot.            Eric
            86-VW4x4            vw4x4@fyi.net
86-SS Syncro            Pittsburgh, PA USA
1936-Chrysler
92-Jetta GWC            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htmOn
Tue, 13 Apr 2004, gary hradek wrote:

Does anyone have any experiences with busdepotradiator
flush.   Will it help on a three year oldradiator that
may be plugged by someone addingstopleak? How many
units should I use? or am I

wasting

my money.  Anyone know what is the active agent,thanks
gary

http://www.busdepot.com/busdepot/details.jsp?partnumber=2506




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