Chris S. Mottram(at)ECCI
05/13/99 09:33 AM
Lou wrote:
"Take the old freeze plugs
out, and use a coat hanger to loosen all the crud back by the last
cylinder.
Wash it out with a garden hose. Keep doing this till it is pretty clean.
Then take some HCl acid and pour it in the block till it fills up the block
to the bottom of the freeze plug hole and let it sit."
I might like to do this but it seems a little scarey. Does the HCl eat the
gaskets? What about the residual "mean stuff" in the cooling system? I
would imagine that when the coolant is replaced, I should use some extra
powerful corrosion inhibitor.
Chris
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