In a message dated 4/11/2006 7:55:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
spamiam@comcast.net writes:
I looked at the basin and saw the Day-Glo orange coolant looking reasonably
clean and some black particulates at the bottom. They are magnetic, so I
believe they are rust.
The fact that no coolant immediately ran out.... does that mean that there
is too much mud at the bottom? Maybe I needed to open the radiator cap too?
==AM==
Well, I was going to make my usual suggestion of draining the block, PROBING
around (if you have a petcock on the drain hole, remove it completely) until
you REALLY loosen all the crud that likely is there, and then see where you
are. Been there, done that...many times, and it's always made a big
difference!
--Andy Mace
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Triumph Herald engine with wings.
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