I have used a mixture of distilled water plus
Water Wetter and Prestone Water Pump Lube
with Rust Inhibitors. This worked quite well
for me.
John
On Tue, June 7, 2011 8:34 am, Kramer, Robert wrote:
> Since we can't run anti-freeze with its anti rust properties rust in the
> cooling system is common for us. I use water wetter most of the time and
> it
> purports to have some rust inhibitors but I still get rust. IMHO the rust
> is
> coming from the block, in the cooling areas around the liners. The older
> the
> engine the more it attaches to the liners. What I'm saying is I doubt you
> have
> a liner problem. The liners are a much higher quality steel than the cast
> block. Now that you mention it I'd better schedule a cooling system flush.
> I
> used to do that all the time. I think Prestone sells both a cooling systm
> chemical for flushing and an Anti Rust inhibitor.
>
> Bob Kramer
> Texas Rental Manager
> RDO Equipment Company
> 16415 N. IH 35 Pflugerville, TX 78660
> 512-687-7422 Office
> 512-657-8526 Cell
>
>
> Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things
> turn
> out. ~John Wooden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Greg & Alison Blake
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:48 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Fot] Liners and Alum rad cleaner
>
> I have started the disassembly of the TR3 to determine what went wrong in
> May at ECR. Last night after removing the radiator, I flushed it with the
> garden hose and found enough rust particles to cover the bottom of a jam
> jar. I use an aluminum radiator so my thinking right now is that these
> particles must be from the liners. The radiator also has a coating of
> oily
> gunk presumable from one of my head gasket failures in past race weekends.
> So I have two questions for the group:
>
>
>
> 1) What is a good chemical treatment for flushing oily residue from
> the alum radiator?
>
> 2) Who are the current sources for good quality liners?
>
>
>
> I am sure I'll have more questions once I pull and disassemble the engine.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Greg
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