Ross:
You can go it one better. If you have access to a Napa Auto Parts store.
You can by a product called NapaKool. It is an anti corrosive. It only
takes a small ammount. It will totally stop and prevent corrosion in
engines. I started using it in the TD about 10 years ago. You can even run
pure water with no ill effect. The trucking industry uses a similar product
called NalKool 3000. Usually found at truck stops. After 10 years, the
inside of my cooling system looks brand new.
Cheers:
Skip.............At 10:19 AM 5/25/97 -0700, Ross MacPherson wrote:
>At 08:42 AM 5/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>>I started the whole heater thread and will soon be replacing the valve.
>>I figure I'll take this opportunity to flush the cooling system and
>>replace the anti-freeze as well. Being in the unique position of being my
>>own PO, I know the anti-freeze in there now is older than I care to admit.
>>I don't wan't to "go cheap" as you put it, so what anti-freeze should I
>> use (or avoid). Or by going cheap do you mean using rain-water as
>>suggested in the Haynes Manual?
>>
>>Ryan
>>Watson
>>
>Ryan,
>
>Since you've already got everything drained and partialy disassembled why
>not go one step further and remove the rad and have it boiled out and
>pressure checked? I've had this done to several LBC's ( the TC just two
>weeks ago). It's not very expensive; boil-out, pressure check and one small
>leak repaired and repaint cost me about CDN $65 at a local radiator shop. A
>pretty good investment for the peace of mind it buys. With new hoses,
>clamps and gaskets, checked thermostat and new 50-50 mix it's as good as it
>can get.
>
>Cheers,
> ___ \______ Ross MacPherson
> / __ \ __ / /------|) arm@unix.infoserve.net
>/ (___)---------/ (___) Vancouver, BC, Canada
> 1947 MG-TC 3528 1966 MGB-GT
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