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<... I'm amazed at the amount of crud (scale, rust, etc.) there are in the
water passages. ...>
<... I think it's possible that some scale or flakes broke loose from the
water passages and jammed in the small passages in the radiator ...>
I too have a relatively old core. I haven't opened it up yet, but I think I
should prepare for the worst. How do you remove the scale, etc.? Is there
a "chemical solution" or do you just scrape and brush it out? Sure ain't
looking forward to no "hand job". :-(
Wishing for an easy way .... Jim S.
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Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
Finn Lassen wrote:
> I've started to clean the 13B that I got out of junk yard car some 7
> years ago.
>
> I'm amazed at the amount of crud (scale, rust, etc.) there are in the
> water passages.
>
> When I overhauled my first junkyard engine, I didn't pay much attention
> to the water passages in the end and center housings. They are not all
> that easy to get to as they pass beneath the side surfaces.
>
> For quite a while now I've been puzzled why my left radiator only flows
> 1/10th of the right radiator, and thus runs very cold. But when I first
> ran the engine it was just a hot as the right rad. So, I think it's
> possible that some scale or flakes broke loose from the water passages
> and jammed in the small pasasages in the radiator.
>
> Of course I'm going to try to clean the current engine as best I can
> (any suggestions on how to get to those passages are welcome), and I
> might just run the engine for some time without the rads - simply
> connecting a hose from a water post to the pump inlet and thus flush it
> while it runs.
>
> But I'd like any suggestions of suitable filters to put in line with the
> hoses from the engine to the rads. Does not have to be very fine - just
> enougth to stop particles that could get caught in my new rads.
>
> Finn
>
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Jim Sower ... Destiny's Plaything
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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