[Vwdiesel] Coolant tank cleaning

[Mark Shepherd]

Soapy water and a bottle brush...
What's simple green? Didn't they make a film about that?

Or was it Solent Green ;^)
Miser

Shawn Wright wrote:
> 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.

Radiator/cooling system cleaner works fairly well on the
vehicle.  Or pull the tank off and fill with bleach and
water and let
sit for while.  I clean out the coolant tank on my bandsaw
like this every year of so.  Starts out with an oily dark
stain and
end up nearly white afterwards.

--
    Roger