Cleaning Overflow with coffee grounds?
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Tuned
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Cleaning Overflow with coffee grounds?
anybody ever tried this? Ive bulletproofed my 6.0 and flushed the cooling system but the overflow tank has a load of deposits in it. I shook the tank with water and Restore in it but it didnt clean it. I also let it sit submerged in water, Restore, and dish soap but it still didn't come off. I can put my finger in there and wipe it but its throughout.
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You can get a new OEM tank here,
2004 FORD EXCURSION Parts - Tousley Ford Parts Depot
I have heard of people doing this but personally, I never would.
2004 FORD EXCURSION Parts - Tousley Ford Parts Depot
I have heard of people doing this but personally, I never would.
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Tuned
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You can get a new OEM tank here,
2004 FORD EXCURSION Parts - Tousley Ford Parts Depot
I have heard of people doing this but personally, I never would.
2004 FORD EXCURSION Parts - Tousley Ford Parts Depot
I have heard of people doing this but personally, I never would.
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I had an issue when my radiator went and the cooling system got filled with tranny fluid.
Tried everything under the sun, but couldn't get the overflow clean. Bit the bullet, bought new.
Please let me know if you find something that works.
Tried everything under the sun, but couldn't get the overflow clean. Bit the bullet, bought new.
Please let me know if you find something that works.
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04-54 Did you add a coolant filter? Saw a thread on that on the 6.0 side of FTE. Was considering it. What do you think?
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Tuned
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I'm running the sinister coolant filter.
But the process is basically put half a cup of coffee grounds in it as an abrasive then fill it about halfway up. Then shake it pretty hard for a while. Make sure you plug the holes and put the cap on
Keep in mind I've never done it but I'm gonna try tonight.
But the process is basically put half a cup of coffee grounds in it as an abrasive then fill it about halfway up. Then shake it pretty hard for a while. Make sure you plug the holes and put the cap on
Keep in mind I've never done it but I'm gonna try tonight.
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No matter what, you gotta let us know what happened. If so, I'll pass it onto my son the clean freak.
In theory you have a good point, I was just thinking of using hot water, recycled coffee grounds, and just a dab of a liquid detergent like type simple green or the like... It may take a while, but you also have to get ALL the coffee grounds out before hooking it back up to the system.
In theory you have a good point, I was just thinking of using hot water, recycled coffee grounds, and just a dab of a liquid detergent like type simple green or the like... It may take a while, but you also have to get ALL the coffee grounds out before hooking it back up to the system.
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Take your OverflowTank, put it with the closed infill upside down,
fill it with hot almost boiling water up to 60% and fill up the rest
with the most aggressive toilet and deplugging cleaner that you get
at walmart. Wait a couple of hours and maybe repeat it. After all you
flush it intensive with clean water and you will see that its almost white
by the cloric stuff in this cleaner. I get mine looks like new for a couple
of bucks.
fill it with hot almost boiling water up to 60% and fill up the rest
with the most aggressive toilet and deplugging cleaner that you get
at walmart. Wait a couple of hours and maybe repeat it. After all you
flush it intensive with clean water and you will see that its almost white
by the cloric stuff in this cleaner. I get mine looks like new for a couple
of bucks.
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Take your OverflowTank, put it with the closed infill upside down,
fill it with hot almost boiling water up to 60% and fill up the rest
with the most aggressive toilet and deplugging cleaner that you get
at walmart. Wait a couple of hours and maybe repeat it. After all you
flush it intensive with clean water and you will see that its almost white
by the cloric stuff in this cleaner. I get mine looks like new for a couple
of bucks.
fill it with hot almost boiling water up to 60% and fill up the rest
with the most aggressive toilet and deplugging cleaner that you get
at walmart. Wait a couple of hours and maybe repeat it. After all you
flush it intensive with clean water and you will see that its almost white
by the cloric stuff in this cleaner. I get mine looks like new for a couple
of bucks.
So you are saying that toilet bowel cleaner will do the trick on a plastic tank?
I have used it on metal gas tanks for motorcycles that have sat for years, but never ever on plastic!!
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I use bb's, put a package of bb's in the tank with cleaner of your choice. less than half full, maybe more like a quarter or third full. plug the holes and shake vigorously. the bb's make a good scrubber and will knock most of the scale loose.
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