THEengineer

whatever

• Sep 3, 2013

• #1

not sure if my radiators blocked or working normally,its a 300tdi,does not overheat but noticed today both sides of it get hot after a run but its cool in the middle its fitted with the thermo viscous fan set up that spins all the time so is this normal?

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #2

no should be hot all over core ,new one needed soon

 

THEengineer

whatever

• Sep 3, 2013

• #3

jamesmartin said:

no should be hot all over core ,new one needed soon

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ok,cheers james need to sort one out

 

OxonLandy

Active Member

• Sep 3, 2013

• #4

defo all of it shd be hot. has it got lots of external damage (fins missing) and have u cleaned it thro recently?

 

THEengineer

whatever

• Sep 3, 2013

• #5

OxonLandy said:

defo all of it shd be hot. has it got lots of external damage (fins missing) and have u cleaned it thro recently?

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no not tried cleaning it fins seem to be in good condition think its worth flushing out?

 

OxonLandy

Active Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #6

not too much of a hassle and if loads of gunk comes out then can only be a good thing

 

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dieselmonkey

Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #7

Definitely worth giving it a flush and back flush including block and heater matrix. Then put some rad flush in run it for a bit then repeat the flush. May save you a new rad, but if not at least the rest of your cooling system is clean ready for the new one.

 

Oldseadog

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #8

Take it off, lay it down, fill it with coke and leave it for a couple of hours and then flush it out.

Simples!

BTW, the fan will turn due to the slight friction between it and the shaft.

 

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dieselmonkey

Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #9

Oldseadog said:

Take it off, lay it down, fill it with coke and leave it for a couple of hours and then flush it out.

Simples!

BTW, the fan will turn due to the slight friction between it and the shaft.

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I've heard of the old coke trick for clearing blocked heater matrix's.

 

SteNova

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #10

after I had done the headgasket on my nova after it failed and made all the water dirty brown and filled with oil I stuck a dishwasher tablet in it to get it all clean inside maybe I should have used 4 liters of coke!

 

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dieselmonkey

Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #11

I've heard of the dishwasher tablet or adding washing powder to clean the oil out due to cross contamination after a HG failure. In this instance it would be better than coke.

Coke is very acidic so would IMO be better at attacking the possible blockage / sludge in the rad.

I need to give my cooling system another flush. I did it when I got it as it was brown, and has gone brown again after 2 months. Judging by the sludge that came out last time I don't think it has seen much attention ever.

 

Oldseadog

Well-Known Member

• Sep 4, 2013

• #12

Yup!!