Why are people saying this is an awesome video? The dude clickbaited you guys... Anywho, if you passed through the comments before you finished watching, he buys a new radiator instead of unclogging it after 3 or so tries... Don't waste your time like I did
Hi, thanks for your enlightening comment. To conclude, it is the best thing to do, just buy a new radiator. I guess you have a vehicle with a blocked radiator? What vehicle is it?
Vinegar will unblock your radiator. It just takes a few days... after you another option is a strong water jet... all of these solutions can likely cause a leak. The best option is to replace it. If you can't afford it, or are in an emergency situation. The cheaper alternative is to go to a junk yard. I don't think the brits have those as they are an island nation lol
After adding clean water with dish soap to wash as much imputities as you can in several runs, use comong white vinegar,wich is an acid and it eats corrosion. Let it run un til hot, then let it seat for 24 hour. Then flush and wash radiator. Baking soda helps to neutralize the acidity of vinegar. It is not just the radiator that is full of corrosion, but the whole system, and you must fight all the corrosion.
A few years ago, GM changed supplier of radiator flush for their diesel trucks, but there was a time when they did not have any radiator flush, so they recommended using Cascade Dishwasher Compound to the dealers. Just the granules in the green box. I never tried it. I have been having a difficult time cleaning the cooling system in my 1959 Ford Fairlane. The modern flush is made for radiators and engines that have aluminum in them, and it is milder than the old products that were made for cars like mine that have cast iron blocks and heads along with copper radiators.
I looked up a few things about cleaning the cooling system. I saw an assortment of sure cures for a rusty system. 1. White Vinegar: Acetic Acid is the active component. People said that it takes 6 weeks of driving to do a good job. I wonder if the car would smell like a pickle factory. 2. Citric Acid: Attacks rust, but not good iron. Used in wine making, and food preserving. 3. Oxalic Acid 1000 grams per 10 Liters of water. Then drive the car regularly for 3 months before flushing. Sold as wood bleach. 4. Motorcraft VC-9 for cast iron blocks, VC-1 for aluminum blocks. About $32 per quart. 5. Sulphamic (Sulphuric?) acid. Tile and grout cleaner, then follow up with Oxalic acid. Guaranteed to do the trick! @@mattsavage4x4
My 96 and 97 cougar both had clogged radiators and resivours. On my 96 I used tap to flush and it would only trickle out (was badly clogged) thew in some blue devil cleaner into the resivour after draining as much as i could from the clogged system. It knocked everything loose and the radiator was letting water fly out the bottom. 3-4 tap water flushes later most of the gunk was gone,
I do this alway when by old used car.i drive highmileage cheap cars.i drain old glygol out.water and diswashertablets in.drive my daily drive.heater on max.then flush properly and put new glygol and water,cleans enough for my use.engine cools better and i am gettin warm in capin.in finland we have really hard winterperiod sometimes.
Your conclusion are wrong on so many fronts for an average DIYer trying to save money.. 1. Even if you had used something to make the area you were looking at shiny, theres no guarantee it would have worked its way through the tubes, because there is no way of knowing how much of the tube length is clogged up with rust sludge. You will never chemically clear a fully blocked tube in a short time.. 2. Had you maintained proper anti freeze levels in the first place the cooling sysytem would never have gotten this dirty 3.CRC make a product called Evaporust. Expensive but does not harm metals. You could fill your cooling system with that for some days and get the surfaces fairly clean. It would not clean a fully blaocked tube though unless you left in there for a very long time. 4. As opposed to the amount of time you spent doing the tests, in 3-4 hours you could have taken off the tanks, rodded the tubes, and hot water pressure cleaned the lot, and re assembled. Cost: 20p vs your 150 pounds.
Exactly! My intention was to clean it, but after trying quite a few different ways I came to the conclusion It was just a waste of time and the only way to sort this problem out is to buy a new radiator. So that is kind of the message, if your radiator is as bad as this one was, it is a waste of time trying to clean it, just buy a new one!
@mattsavage4x4 ok thank you my car is back at garage hoping they find the issue this time so annoying my expansion tank sprayed water over my engine and was overheating
Shouldve poured CLR in and agitated for a few hours. Ive unclogged like 6 radiators with CLR and an agitation machine I custom built. The agitator i made vibrates the radiator with an electric motor. Works like a charm 👍.If you want a professional to unclog your radiator for an affordable price message me 👍.
Looks like you're looking to clean out the rust corrosion rather than unblocking. A chemical for drain cleaning like crc might do a better job. You also used different methods of application rather than a consistent comparison. Vinegar and citrus acid to take care of the rust.
For a coffee pot, scrub it with Borax and hot water. It cleans all of the tannins out that taste bitter. The coffee maker will look like new. The funny thing about that is, I don't drink coffee.
Or the moral of the story is that you were salty about wasting all that time and decided to waste other people’s. Buying a new rad is always a fix but what if the new rad is not available? I am surprised the algorithm placed this stupidity so high
@@vsvnrg3263 Hi. Thanks for your comment. However, I think a lot of people are missing the point of this video. You have clearly come here because you also have a blocked radiator, and the conclusion is don’t waste your time trying to clean it just buy a new one!
No, it’s not wasting your time, it’s saving you from hours of messing about to try and clean your radiator when you should just buy a new one!! That’s the point. 😃👍
Why are people saying this is an awesome video? The dude clickbaited you guys... Anywho, if you passed through the comments before you finished watching, he buys a new radiator instead of unclogging it after 3 or so tries... Don't waste your time like I did
Hi, thanks for your enlightening comment. To conclude, it is the best thing to do, just buy a new radiator. I guess you have a vehicle with a blocked radiator? What vehicle is it?
Vinegar will unblock your radiator. It just takes a few days... after you another option is a strong water jet... all of these solutions can likely cause a leak. The best option is to replace it. If you can't afford it, or are in an emergency situation. The cheaper alternative is to go to a junk yard. I don't think the brits have those as they are an island nation lol
After adding clean water with dish soap to wash as much imputities as you can in several runs, use comong white vinegar,wich is an acid and it eats corrosion. Let it run un til hot, then let it seat for 24 hour. Then flush and wash radiator. Baking soda helps to neutralize the acidity of vinegar. It is not just the radiator that is full of corrosion, but the whole system, and you must fight all the corrosion.
Sounds good, thanks
What helps get rid of the The forbidden peanut butter or or chocolate milk after a head gasket goes and is replaced
A few years ago, GM changed supplier of radiator flush for their diesel trucks, but there was a time when they did not have any radiator flush, so they recommended using Cascade Dishwasher Compound to the dealers. Just the granules in the green box. I never tried it. I have been having a difficult time cleaning the cooling system in my 1959 Ford Fairlane. The modern flush is made for radiators and engines that have aluminum in them, and it is milder than the old products that were made for cars like mine that have cast iron blocks and heads along with copper radiators.
Umm, interesting. Yes, dishwasher detergent is pretty good stuff! 👍👍
I looked up a few things about cleaning the cooling system. I saw an assortment of sure cures for a rusty system. 1. White Vinegar: Acetic Acid is the active component. People said that it takes 6 weeks of driving to do a good job. I wonder if the car would smell like a pickle factory. 2. Citric Acid: Attacks rust, but not good iron. Used in wine making, and food preserving. 3. Oxalic Acid 1000 grams per 10 Liters of water. Then drive the car regularly for 3 months before flushing. Sold as wood bleach. 4. Motorcraft VC-9 for cast iron blocks, VC-1 for aluminum blocks. About $32 per quart. 5. Sulphamic (Sulphuric?) acid. Tile and grout cleaner, then follow up with Oxalic acid. Guaranteed to do the trick! @@mattsavage4x4
My 96 and 97 cougar both had clogged radiators and resivours. On my 96 I used tap to flush and it would only trickle out (was badly clogged) thew in some blue devil cleaner into the resivour after draining as much as i could from the clogged system. It knocked everything loose and the radiator was letting water fly out the bottom. 3-4 tap water flushes later most of the gunk was gone,
That sounds good 👍👍😎
I do this alway when by old used car.i drive highmileage cheap cars.i drain old glygol out.water and diswashertablets in.drive my daily drive.heater on max.then flush properly and put new glygol and water,cleans enough for my use.engine cools better and i am gettin warm in capin.in finland we have really hard winterperiod sometimes.
Your conclusion are wrong on so many fronts for an average DIYer trying to save money..
1. Even if you had used something to make the area you were looking at shiny, theres no guarantee it would have worked its way through the tubes, because there is no way of knowing how much of the tube length is clogged up with rust sludge. You will never chemically clear a fully blocked tube in a short time..
2. Had you maintained proper anti freeze levels in the first place the cooling sysytem would never have gotten this dirty
3.CRC make a product called Evaporust. Expensive but does not harm metals. You could fill your cooling system with that for some days and get the surfaces fairly clean. It would not clean a fully blaocked tube though unless you left in there for a very long time.
4. As opposed to the amount of time you spent doing the tests, in 3-4 hours you could have taken off the tanks, rodded the tubes, and hot water pressure cleaned the lot, and re assembled. Cost: 20p vs your 150 pounds.
Morning. Thanks for your comments.
I would have tried CLR calcium lime rust remover. If you still have it give it a go.
That was an ending I hadn't expected. 😆 Good efforts thou. 👏
I know! I really thought the dishwasher tablets would do more.
Why dies it say best way to clean if you didn't actually get it clean ?
Exactly! My intention was to clean it, but after trying quite a few different ways I came to the conclusion It was just a waste of time and the only way to sort this problem out is to buy a new radiator. So that is kind of the message, if your radiator is as bad as this one was, it is a waste of time trying to clean it, just buy a new one!
@mattsavage4x4 ah ok may I ask what symptoms u had please ?
@@kevinhancock4064 overheating
@mattsavage4x4 ok thank you my car is back at garage hoping they find the issue this time so annoying my expansion tank sprayed water over my engine and was overheating
@@kevinhancock4064 it could be a number of things. Head gasket, water pump, a block somewhere. Fan not working. Etc…
Maybe try Baking Soda, Lemon Juice, and Dawn dish soap. It removes baked on burnt food from stainless steel cooking pans really well
Thanks for the advice buying a new radiator is the best way to fix this problem.
honestly youre right. i just have an old rad i was hoping to clean out a bit but at the end of the day i know its in there good. maybe draino?
Yeah, sometimes you’ve just got to accept that you need to buy a new one. It’s a shame though, if the existing one is structurally ok.
Thermocure is the best product to clean out the entire cooling system.
Shouldve poured CLR in and agitated for a few hours. Ive unclogged like 6 radiators with CLR and an agitation machine I custom built. The agitator i made vibrates the radiator with an electric motor. Works like a charm 👍.If you want a professional to unclog your radiator for an affordable price message me 👍.
Sounds good. 😃👍
CLR attacks aluminium. Dumb answer.
Thank you for posting this. Great to know. Mabe if the engine was running they could have cleaned better?
Supposed too add vinegar to the bi carb mate 😊
Looks like you're looking to clean out the rust corrosion rather than unblocking. A chemical for drain cleaning like crc might do a better job. You also used different methods of application rather than a consistent comparison. Vinegar and citrus acid to take care of the rust.
Hi John. Yes, thanks for your comments. Cheers, Matt
Only a professional radiator engineer can unblock a radiator with a guarantee it want over heat
Clickbait. Dude didn't even try vinegar. Most know kettle and coffee machine is cleaned with vinegar.
Yep, a few people have mentioned that. Next time I’ll look in to it. Thanks 😃👍
For a coffee pot, scrub it with Borax and hot water. It cleans all of the tannins out that taste bitter. The coffee maker will look like new. The funny thing about that is, I don't drink coffee.
New radiator cost $450 for my 1958 Volvo PV444! I can’t afford to buy a new one!
You could maybe get it re-cored.
Thank you for wasting my time
Honesty - that is what I like - now we know, we should just buy a new part.
Exactly! Don’t waste your time, just buy a new one or get yours re-cored! Easy 😃👍
chuck some degreaser and or wd40 and will do some clean and some pressure air would do some help ,,,,, otherwise new is always new ....
I like your style 😎🕺
Or the moral of the story is that you were salty about wasting all that time and decided to waste other people’s. Buying a new rad is always a fix but what if the new rad is not available? I am surprised the algorithm placed this stupidity so high
Hi.Thanks for you comment, I think?! Yes, a new rad is always the best!
Hahaha 🤣that’s awesome
So good 😆
Ha! Thanks for your comment !! 👍👍
Flushing it out onto the street? Great!!
NO No no. If your radiator head comes off you can manually clean it.
👍👍
Did you try vinegar?
Hi. Thanks for your comment. Yes I did. Nothing worked! But a new radiator sorted out the problem!
@@mattsavage4x4 What was the problem?
@@drlightman5848 it was not cooling enough.
That looks like rust to me..and nothing is going to clean that..
I filled the system with CLR now its plugged😅
Hi! What’s CLR?
@@mattsavage4x4 calcium lime rust remover
I was gonna fill it with vinegar next but gotta unplug the radiator and heater core first, might be a long process 🤣
Pull out thermostat then pull off top hose at radiator and stuff water hose in there full blast to backflush without it running
New radiator would work
You bet!! Why bother messing about when it's easy just to buy a brand new super efficient radiator!!
Aluma clean acid works
Thanks 👍👍
dishonest. go to end. he just bought a new radiator.
@@vsvnrg3263 Hi. Thanks for your comment. However, I think a lot of people are missing the point of this video. You have clearly come here because you also have a blocked radiator, and the conclusion is don’t waste your time trying to clean it just buy a new one!
@@mattsavage4x4 ,change the title.
@@vsvnrg3263 I see your point, what would you change if to?
Click bait!
Hi Vo. Thanks for your comment. I guess you must have a blocked or old radiator, what vehicle is it?
Wasted my time!
No, it’s not wasting your time, it’s saving you from hours of messing about to try and clean your radiator when you should just buy a new one!! That’s the point. 😃👍
Lmao
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Thanks!