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Hey All,
Just a question for any one out there who has been lucky enough to find and replace the thermostat in an Alloytec V6? (2007 VE)
Reason I ask is, we were just about to flush out the cooling system on Dad's Berlina and tried to get the Cooling system Cap off to have a geeze, to find it had pretty much seized solid to the aluminium neck. (White powdery corrosion). Being the investigative sort of bloke I am, Figured it'd be worth a look to see how gunked up it'd be.
Seems its been running a while on pure water, no coolant for quite some time.
Any ideas on how to go about cleaning out the cooling system??
Just flush it with a cooling system flush? Is there a 'better' brand to get, or straight water?
And one other thing while I'm at it! The connections on the heater hoses just above the drivers side exhaust manifold, (where the rubber pipes connect to the fixed metal pipes); Is weaping, are they easy to get off, is it just an 'O' ring sealing it? etc...
Cheers for any help/advice you can give!
Just a question for any one out there who has been lucky enough to find and replace the thermostat in an Alloytec V6? (2007 VE)
Reason I ask is, we were just about to flush out the cooling system on Dad's Berlina and tried to get the Cooling system Cap off to have a geeze, to find it had pretty much seized solid to the aluminium neck. (White powdery corrosion). Being the investigative sort of bloke I am, Figured it'd be worth a look to see how gunked up it'd be.
Seems its been running a while on pure water, no coolant for quite some time.
Any ideas on how to go about cleaning out the cooling system??
Just flush it with a cooling system flush? Is there a 'better' brand to get, or straight water?
And one other thing while I'm at it! The connections on the heater hoses just above the drivers side exhaust manifold, (where the rubber pipes connect to the fixed metal pipes); Is weaping, are they easy to get off, is it just an 'O' ring sealing it? etc...
Cheers for any help/advice you can give!