Andybarbet
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:03 PM |
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Cleaning plastic expansion tank ????
I've been given the perfect shape expansion tank for the bulkhead but it has a load of brown cack up the inside of it.
Any bright ideas or tips on cleaning it out ?? im sure i saw something a couple of years back on here that worked really well but cant remember what
was used ?
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graememk
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:04 PM |
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dish washer.....
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Hellfire
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:06 PM |
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Small stones and sand worked well for ours. Fill the expansion tank and give it a damn good shake. Just make sure it's cleaned out well before
fitting it and filling up with coolant.
Phil
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tegwin
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:07 PM |
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Soak in vinegar and hot water for a few hours..
Then dishwasher it a few times.... good as new!
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balidey
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:08 PM |
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plug chain, with loads of bleach and fairy liquid
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madteg
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:10 PM |
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put some sand and pebbles in it half fill with water and shake, then wash out well also put some plastic under filler cap when screwed on to stop
getting sand in it. Clean out well ( workes a treat)
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designer
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:18 PM |
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Brewclens from Morrisons. Used for cleaning brewing containers.
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:31 PM |
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Wow, cheers guys, got a few ideas to be going on with there - Spot on 
Its from a 'P' reg rover 200 and mounts on a vertical surface if anyone is looking for something similar.
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twybrow
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:39 PM |
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Denture cleaning tablets. Plink plink fizz et voila.
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austin man
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 09:58 PM |
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If your a real man Caustic Soda
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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dhutch
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| posted on 6/5/09 at 11:54 PM |
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Sand is very good.
- Im not sure about dishwashers.
They are very good for a lot of things, but the tend to ages plastics, certainly at our students union 10-20 washes totally does for what are
otherwise indistructable plastics pint glasses.
Ment to last months, but after only a dosen or so washes (a few nights) there brittle as bolocks.
Daniel
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 12:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dhutch
Ment to last months, but after only a dosen or so washes (a few nights) there brittle as bolocks.
Daniel
Exactly - how brittle is brittle as bollocks?
Steve
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Humbug
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 06:49 AM |
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I used Magic Balls - see
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martin1973
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 07:11 AM |
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milton baby bottle sterilzer.
or bleach.
rinse well before putting coolant in tho.
martin
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bob
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 07:47 AM |
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Bleached my original tank then left over night with a couple of big spoons of washing powder and boiling water. 
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Howlor
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 08:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bob
Bleached my original tank then left over night with a couple of big spoons of washing powder and boiling water.
I used Washing powder as bleach really does stress crack plastics badly.
Steve
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 7/5/09 at 08:22 AM |
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I chucked mine in the dishwasher.
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