[Healeys] Antifreeze

[Steve B. Gerow]

Thomas,
Thank you for the timely advice! 

Fortunately my heater was already disconnected.


-- 
Steve Gerow



>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: T+ B Willig <willig at wtnet.de>
>  To: 'Steve B. Gerow' <steveg at abrazosdata.com>, 'Chris Dimmock' <austin.healey at gmail.com>
>  Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
>  Subject: AW: [Healeys] Antifreeze
>  Sent: Jun 12 '13 11:23
>  
>  Gentlemen,
>  
>  please be very careful when backflushing the engine! I did this,
>  disconnecting my brain from the working parts of my body (!), and was
>  wondering why the cockpit was full of water puddles. I busted the  heater
>  core :-((
>  
>  Please note that normally the domestic water pressure is too much for the
>  heater core...you should not use water pressure above 1 bar. My pressure
>  gauge in the basement showed 4,5 bar! Way too much for a heater core to
>  survive..
>  
>  Thomas Willig