Andy Mace wrote this:
> etc. BUT I will offer one seemingly too-simple (but oft-ignored)
>suggestion. When you're draining the block, don't just accept whatever
>comes out of the hole (or tap if your block has one) as your flush. Take
>some sort of probe (stiff wire or the like) and make sure that passage is
>clean. Odds are it will be filled with gunk and, at some point, the
>trickle of coolant will become a gusher! BTW, do this first, before the
>chemical or other flush!
I've done/seen this when flusing my TR-3. What *IS* that stuff? It's yucky
and must surely block the flow of coolant.
Chris Amley
1958 TR-3A
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