Re: SER1 Engine Cleaning

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A good way to clean engine blocks out is to use dishwasher powder. Do not
use washing up liquid as this will create a lot of bubbles in the cooling
system.
Add dishwasher powder then run the engine until it gets hot, then flush the
system wil clean water and finally add new coolant.

This seems to work well in the past.

wayne smith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Gammage" <tgammage@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: SER1 Engine Cleaning


> 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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