Date:         Sat, 15 May 2010 13:19:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Marc Sayer <marcsayer@HUGHES.NET>
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From:         Marc Sayer <marcsayer@HUGHES.NET>
Subject:      Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
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No one, including me. But to this point, no one had specifically said
otherwise either, and there was bound to be someone somewhere who would
decide to clean his whole system with it. Plus there is the real
possibility that someone could fail to completely clean all the product
out of the rad/heater core before reinstalling it, especially if someone
on a list has told them it is "safe" to use with aluminum. Bottom line
is this is not something to suggest to the average DIYer, in fact it is
just plain a bad idea period. It's like using gasoline to clean parts.
Sure it may work okay for someone a few times, but it is inevitable that
someone is going to end up regretting the choice.

VWBrain@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/15/2010 2:45:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> marcsayer@HUGHES.NET writes:
>
>     All that said, the use of Drano on
>     anything containing aluminum is unwise, and especially in cooling
>     systems on aluminum engines.
>
> hello Who in the world ever said anything about running it thur a
> motor????    To do something like this you would want it out of the
> van.  Plus what we were doing was heater cores and we never ran it
> thur the engine at all. we just removed the hoses and used a funnel to
> fill it up . after letting it sit for a while we then flushed the core
> out, you could do the same with a radiator.   later  mark d

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