Radiator cleaning
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Melting Slicks
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From: Moon Township PA
Radiator cleaning
Hi to all of you. Recently a Corvette buddy mentioned that he had heard of a cleaning technique to help remove light to medium precipitate build-up in his radiator. The gist of it was to add a bit of laundry detergent to your radiator and go for a drive. :eek: Has anyone else ever heard of this? I was surprised to say the least. So my neighbor and I start talking about this (he is a Corvette owner too) and we were wondering why dishwasher soap wouldn't do just as well, if not better? Any comments here? Don't worry, there isn't any way I am going to do this to my original 31 year old LT1 radiator!
Gary
Gary
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Re: Radiator cleaning (GaryS)
In fact, the cleaning technique I have heard of is to use dishwasher detergent, which is typically a very low sudsing powder. I think clothes laundry detergent might suds too much..... but will give you whiter whites! :) MJ
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St. Jude Donor '09
Re: Radiator cleaning (427V8)
I used two bottles of that CLR stuff a year ago and ran the engine for about 50 miles. Seemed to work OK!
