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A guy at work suggested I locate a rad or engine overhaul shop and have them put the housings in their acid vat.
Obviously a vat with ultrasound agitation would be best.
A concern is whether the acid will attack the critical surfaces.
I also considered sand blasting, but again a concern is damaging the critical surfaces, not to mention getting any grains of sand left in oil passages.
I sure like echristley's idea of bottles in the hoses between engine and rads. Temporary, for the first 100 hours or whatever.
You might save yourself some time in cleaning the engine by hooking up a pump and heater and circulating coolant system cleaner through the engine _before_ you take it apart.
Finn
Jim Sower wrote:
<... 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
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