Re: SER1 Engine Cleaning

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Its a difficult one, if the engine is out take out the core plugs and
have a look what its like inside first.
 I cleaned my block out with a flame. It did a good job but getting all
the rubbish out is the hard bit . I did the same with the cylinder head
but my engine was stripped which made it easer. Even after flushing I
still ended up with some scale ending up in the rad after assembly. I
suppose some sort of screen in the top rad hose would be the way to go
for a while to trap any missed bits.
In Australia the water is very mineralised and the inside of the engine
looked like those caves you see with the formations growing in them. How
the coolant ever got round any thing is a mistery.

Cheers Tony

>>> edwardatherton@xxxxxxx.xx.xx 08/19/05 5:47 PM >>>
Hi all,
Thanks for the witty replies to my 1857 LR question - being almost 100
years
older than any other must mean it is a rare pre-production prototype
built
my great-great-grandad Wilks!!
Next question is to do with cleaning the sludge from the engine
waterways.
 The rad has gone off to be recored as it was leaking from an old repair
anyway, and so the engine needs to be cleaned internally to avoid the
sludge
going into the new core.  I have backflushed with a hose and got a lot
out,
but am wondering what household/alternative products there are to flush
through
so it doesn't cost me a fortune in bottles of branded rad cleaners. 
Would
I be best removing the core plugs and sticking a pressure washer in
there?
 Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!

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