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Topic: Re: Update TE 20 overheating
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| DON TX
11-03-2012 20:28:36
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Finally..this afternoon I had buttoned up installing the water pump and radiator to fill the system with vinegar and started the engine to see if the pressure from the pump would push thru the head. I cranked it up and let it set at idle for a few minutes. I was just about to kill it and go to dinner with the family when I watched it start circulating. I monitored it for a few mins and w/o tstat it was getting full flow. The vinegar got pretty cloudy with rust but it was continuous. Thank the Lord! My next step was to pull the head. Now, I wonder what the vinegar has done to the water pump? Should I drain it and refill with water and antifreeze or run it a little longer to let the vinegar work on any chunks that may be still in there?
DON TX
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| Jason S.
11-04-2012 04:28:41
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Re: Update TE 20 overheating in reply to DON TX, 11-03-2012 20:28:36
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| I doubt that the vinegar has hurt the water pump. Vinegar is what we use to clean the newer style aluminum radiators with the plastic tanks on them. It doesn"t hurt them so I doubt it hurt the water pump. The bearings are sealed bearings, I would come closer to thinking that the little pieces of rust and corrosion would hurt it more than the vinegar.
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| Jason S.
11-04-2012 04:40:58
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Re: Update TE 20 overheating in reply to Jason S., 11-04-2012 04:28:41
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| I forgot to add that I would run the vinegar in it another day or two. I would leave the vinegar in it and drive it...get it warm and put it thru a couple of heating and cooling cycles and after that I'd flush it real good and add antifreeze. After the antifreeze I would watch the oil real close to see if antifreeze appears in it. With a cooling system that bad neglected I would think that the orings that seal the sleeves to the block may be in bad shape also and may very well leak. I'm not trying to rain on your parade but just telling you to watch for that cause after all this I would hate to see you ruin a motor because of a bad oring.
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