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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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I installed a new radiator in my 87 this week. i did flush the cooling system twice with BG cooling system flush, everything looked real clean except for the purge tank, it had a lot of sludge in it. I took a handfull of small ball bearings and a few taper bearings, put some dish washing soap and some water in the tank and shook it around for a bit and it came out real clean, i had thought i was going to have to buy a new one, this worked!

I am not sure where i got the idea to do this, but i must have heard about it somewhere.
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Old Nov 12, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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pouring in some mean green cleaner, or thunderblaster (available at dollar stores works good too, just rem to flush it out good, makes it look like new. ( it also works good for cleaning the engine)
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