Sir Fallsalot Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I flushed the cooling system on my old Africa Twin this week, when i drained the expansion tank it stayed blue up to the high level line so wouldn't have known if it was low just by looking at it. I started thinking of ways i could clean it, went through the wife's cleaning cupboard and after trying a few different detergents unsuccessfully i found this stuff Its quite a coarse power so got an idea of how it might work, poured some into the expansion tank added some hot water and spent the next few minutes shaking it vigorously and to my surprise the stain started to disappear flushed it out with hot water and repeated the process. I think i got a good result with it, i just wish i had a before photo to show how bad it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Doesn't leave any residue behind though does it Fred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I flushed the cooling system on my old Africa Twin this week, when i drained the expansion tank it stayed blue up to the high level line so wouldn't have known if it was low just by looking at it. I started thinking of ways i could clean it, went through the wife's cleaning cupboard and after trying a few different detergents unsuccessfully i found this stuff Its quite a coarse power so got an idea of how it might work, poured some into the expansion tank added some hot water and spent the next few minutes shaking it vigorously and to my surprise the stain started to disappear flushed it out with hot water and repeated the process. I think i got a good result with it, i just wish i had a before photo to show how bad it was. I think I had my AT about 5 years before I realised there is an inspection hole under the rear mudguard to check the expansion tank level. I used to take the side panel off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 That's ace work Fred, I'll log that one for future reference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 21 hours ago, XTreme said: Doesn't leave any residue behind though does it Fred? No it just dissolves in the water that's why i think i had to repeat it and i washed it out shaking vigorously each time about 20 times with clean water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 20 hours ago, yen_powell said: I think I had my AT about 5 years before I realised there is an inspection hole under the rear mudguard to check the expansion tank level. I used to take the side panel off. I think i was like that as well lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Used washing power like that in car water systems to clear the oil after head gasket repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I hope that Tesco are paying you commission @Sir Fallsalot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Specs said: I hope that Tesco are paying you commission @Sir Fallsalot Poundland @Specs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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