My wife has been using vinegar to clean our coffee pots for years. She runs
the vinegar through as if brewing a pot followed by two rinses the same way.
After all these years we are both alive so I wonder why there would be
comments about using the same procedure to clean a radiator.
My internal pipes are working just fine.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Taylor Maurer
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:02 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Radiator Cleaner?
If you use vinegar at full strength(seems a little harsh) should you use
distilled vinegar? Would you then need to nutralize the acidity? How would
you do that or could you just flush it a few times with H2O?
Taylor
55BN1
P.S. Have the JB Weld ready for radiator repair.
What is the radiator pressure relief cap supposed to do?
Dave
pennell@cox.net wrote:
>Bob,
>
>I would be hesitant on using the vinegar. Its concentration is OK and it
>would indeed do a cleaning if run for say an 45 min or so. Only problem is
>that it evolves significant vapors of hydrogen acetate. Having the gas
>build up in the system could cause pressure buildup and blow out a hose or
>possibly a weak spot in the rad core.
>
>But I guess on the other hand one would want to know if you have a weak
>spot in the cooling system huh????
>
>Keith Pennell B.S Chemistry
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