[Vwdiesel] Coolant tank cleaning

[Shawn Wright]

On 17 May 2005 at 21:21, mikitka <mikitka at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I looked through the archives but no luck.  Any good suggestions as to how
> you can clean out that black gunk that is in the round coolant tank? I tried
> straight Simple Green but it didn't work.

I used Castrol SuperClean, soaked for a while, then rinsed with *hot* water and TSP 
solution, soaked a bit more, repeat if necessary. Also helps to shake it well with hot 
solution in it. This got most of it out.
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
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'82 Diesel Westy