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Author Topic: Every year the same thing..............why?  (Read 1760 times)

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Every year the same thing..............why?
« on: 09 December 2010, 16:52:03 »
Its about that time again..........................heater "packs up", and after agood drain, flush out heater matrix, a drop of vinegar and caustic soda (very weak)  later, a bit of crap comes out of the matrix and block, refill, add 50% antifreeze, top up, bleed air out, all good again for a year.

WHY?


getting a bit fed up now, does it every Dec, then ok for a whole year afterwards.


Somebody put me out of my misery and tell me whats going on?


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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #1 on: 09 December 2010, 19:14:28 »
I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #2 on: 09 December 2010, 19:22:26 »
has it had oil cooler failure in the past?
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #3 on: 09 December 2010, 19:29:36 »
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I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y

What's one of them then?
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« Reply #4 on: 09 December 2010, 19:36:04 »
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I dont know if the 3.0L has a fuel heater but just found that - that was the problem with mine cloged up, must of sent the muck round to the heater may find also find the pipe cloged as well, hope this help you. :) :y

What's one of them then?
two small pipe's at back of air intake. about 1 inch big water gose in and just comes out.
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #5 on: 09 December 2010, 19:43:38 »
Throttle body heating? No fuel in there.
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #6 on: 10 December 2010, 08:06:44 »
my old mv6 did the same.....I blamed the fact it lived on radweld for so long
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #7 on: 10 December 2010, 08:40:43 »
Thanks fellas, you MIGHT just have cracked it there..................when I first bought the car, the radiator was "goosed" and lived on "radweld " for a while.....................



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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #8 on: 10 December 2010, 09:04:12 »
I reckon so, had to flush mine about twice a winter to keep warmth, and never warmed up very fast.
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #9 on: 11 December 2010, 10:59:10 »
Radweld is evil.
Somebody should invent something that disperses radweld permanently.
I hear that central heating flush does a fairly decent job.
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Re: Every year the same thing..............why?
« Reply #10 on: 11 December 2010, 11:04:51 »
Makers should also make an antidote of some sort. But usually one bottle of rad weld weld per system is the limit, any more and it will bung up.
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