radiator hoses

**Whoosha** · 13-08-2006, 08:12 PM

just wondering if any one knows what sort of tool you would need to undo the top + bottom radiator hoses on a XR8 one end is your usual philiphs head screwy the other is a round headed thing

: note; (small vise grips are your friend )

Au2falcons · 13-08-2006, 08:15 PM

I believe the round thing is a cap, pop it off & you can get to the phillips head.

**Whoosha** · 13-08-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Au2falcons

I believe the round thing is a cap, pop it off & you can get to the phillips head.

puff puff... runs back in from shed ... :thebirds: your belief is rite it is a cap go figure ..thanks for that .. next question... how can you get the gunk out of radiator header tank ... short of buying another

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philstoj · 13-08-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Au2falcons

I believe the round thing is a cap, pop it off & you can get to the phillips head.

Nope, thats the way they are, they have a tab on them, and when it gets tight it breaks off, its not a cap, thats what you need to turn to loosen the clamp.
Vise grip is your freind, or a set of cresent pliers.

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Au2falcons · 13-08-2006, 08:29 PM

I just did a coolant change on my AU today, I removed the tank & blocked all the outlets, filled it with water and shook the crap out of it.

It got 80% of it off, according to the gregorys workshop manual you can use baking soda to clean out, just make sure you rinse it out properly.

Cheers,

Adrian.

Baboon_AU · 13-08-2006, 08:42 PM

i work on earthmoving machinery and we clean out radiators with omo and finish in the powder form.. you just mix it with the coolant, run it for a day and then drain it and its pretty clean. alot of on highway trucks do this too and its perfectly safe to do on cars aswell

bodes-sh · 13-08-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Baboon_AU

i work on earthmoving machinery and we clean out radiators with omo and finish in the powder form.. you just mix it with the coolant, run it for a day and then drain it and its pretty clean. alot of on highway trucks do this too and its perfectly safe to do on cars aswell

lol i guess it could also clean out the inside of your engine...

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Baboon_AU · 13-08-2006, 10:10 PM

umm....no??

private9 · 13-08-2006, 10:10 PM

I used to remove the overflow tank (pretty easy only a few screws and pipes) fill it with water and a little gravel (yes rocks!)

Shake it for a while, and it will come up like new!! Just make sure you rinse the crap out of it and don't shake it too hard.

ronwest · 13-08-2006, 11:09 PM

I used the baking soda as suggested in the manual and it gets rid of 99% of the discolouration but not the scum that resides on the walls of the header tank.

For that I used sand (sand and water slurry)... shake it about for a while and rinse thoroughly.

Works very well.

**Mechan1k** · 14-08-2006, 09:08 AM

I just bought a BA header tank ... fits perfectly ... LOL

**Whoosha** · 14-08-2006, 02:03 PM

Thanks gang ..left it soaking over night in a sugar soap solution followed by baking soda & vineger.. got 80% of it out. priced a new one for $90 but mite go with the "BLING" alloy for a early christmas prezzy for me

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NeishaXR8_347 · 14-08-2006, 07:30 PM

once you clean it, paint it up to a matching colour to something and it will look great, just leave a little part on the side so you can see the level even tho you dont need it cause you have the coolant level sensor.