damac
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I did everything by the book as far as the oil filter servicing and think I am good on that front. Our 85 junker was neglected by the previous owner with oil puking into the coolant reservoir.
Anyways I am now on my 8th flush of either dish soap or cascade granules and it is still coming out mirky water.
I did the backflush thing as well.
I replaced the hoses as well so I started fresh. I see progress, but I don't want to put new coolant and the filter mod in before I get it clean.
I can run my finger at the top of the radiator and pull off an oil slick, below that line I can see the fins are cleaner.
I am just wondering now if this is possible to get cleaned at home.
I have some of the prestone off the shelf flush that wants you to run it for a couple cycles and will help with oil deposits but I thought I would wait until right before I was ready for new coolant.
I have also seen mention of the diluted pool acid at the hardware store and calgon.
Guess I am just looking for some real world cases on the cleaning aspect because when I search for the oil cooler threads, you don't see this mentioned much.
The soap has been cheap thus far, but now I am wondering if thats the best approach or if I should run something else, perhaps a batch of each of the other things I mentioned?
At this point I don't want to keep dumping money into it if it won't help. Thanks for any info!
Anyways I am now on my 8th flush of either dish soap or cascade granules and it is still coming out mirky water.
I did the backflush thing as well.
I replaced the hoses as well so I started fresh. I see progress, but I don't want to put new coolant and the filter mod in before I get it clean.
I can run my finger at the top of the radiator and pull off an oil slick, below that line I can see the fins are cleaner.
I am just wondering now if this is possible to get cleaned at home.
I have some of the prestone off the shelf flush that wants you to run it for a couple cycles and will help with oil deposits but I thought I would wait until right before I was ready for new coolant.
I have also seen mention of the diluted pool acid at the hardware store and calgon.
Guess I am just looking for some real world cases on the cleaning aspect because when I search for the oil cooler threads, you don't see this mentioned much.
The soap has been cheap thus far, but now I am wondering if thats the best approach or if I should run something else, perhaps a batch of each of the other things I mentioned?
At this point I don't want to keep dumping money into it if it won't help. Thanks for any info!
