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02-12-2018, 07:16 PM | #1 |
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Water in radiator rusty looking
What do you all put in water in radiator to keep from getting rusty looking? I took motor out and apart for some head work and the water looks like it came out of a old tractor that been setting for years. Motor was only together for 9 months. It is a dart block
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02-12-2018, 07:25 PM | #2 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
I use Water Wetter it seems to work pretty good.
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02-12-2018, 07:47 PM | #3 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
How do you clean out a rusty cooling system like the one described above. I'm looking to clean it in the car, not tear down the engine. Thanks
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02-12-2018, 10:28 PM | #4 |
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02-12-2018, 10:40 PM | #5 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
I have not tried this product Thermocure made by evapo-rust but have seen it on tv looks to work excellent. Paul
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02-13-2018, 10:27 AM | #6 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/jgr-50030
We used this for a while . Still have 5 or 6 bottles around here somewhere. Works well, but it foams a little in a unpressurized system ..We only used half a bottle per fill
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
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I used Justice Brothers products because I sold them and they worked well. Any quality anti-rust product should prevent the coolant from turning to mud. |
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02-13-2018, 04:07 PM | #8 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
Could you use CLR safely to clean? I always thought if you drain water and let metal sit exposed to air it would promote rust
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02-13-2018, 04:20 PM | #9 |
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
You can put about a gallon of cleaning vinegar in the radiator and let it circulate for 5 or so minutes and let it sit over night and then water hose it out then fill the system with fresh water and circulate that for 5 or so minutes and dump it. It will clean out the rust and scale in the block and radiator, you just to flush it ienough to get the water back neutral.
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Re: Water in radiator rusty looking
Your results may vary, all I can tell you is what worked for me. Years of rust in the radiator with a SBC with iron heads and aluminum radiator. I tried every combo of additives and lubes from water pump lube to lucas additive and others in between and still had rust, always used distilled water. One year I actually read the directions on the bottle of Lucas coolant additive and it said do not use distilled water. Since then I use Lucas additive with gallon bottles of store bought drinking water. No more rust.
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