Posted by Steve@Advance on March 26, 2017 at 19:53:57 from (66.169.147.211):
In Reply to: Antifreeze posted by Stephen Newell on March 26, 2017 at 18:38:20:
Once rust is established, it tends to settle and cake in the bottom of the block.
Don't know of any way to get it all out. But what I do when flushing is take a heater hose loose, or take the thermostat out, open the radiator drain and a block drain if available, put the water hose in the radiator, run the engine at fast idle while flooding water through the system.
That will allow the water to circulate rapidly through the block and carry away as much muddy rust as possible. You can add some caustic cleaner, or mild acid, like vinegar. But be sure to flush it thoroughly, even at that it may still cause a weak freeze plug, heater core or radiator to start leaking.
Once drained, system closed, and refilled with the recommended antifreeze and distilled water, the rust color may return, but the corrosion inhibitor is in there, shouldn't continue to get worse.
You may want to do another flush to try to clean it up, and I hear there are filters for larger systems, but have never tried one.
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