David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:18 AM |
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Crud in the header tank
I've an Astra header tank that I intend to fit to my car over the next week or so. It was filthy when I got it, so I gave it the usual bath in
Arial, which got most of the grot off.
Trouble is, there's a brownish coating inside that won't shift - the Arial didn't get it, I've tried descaler, citric acid and
Calgon. I haven't got a dishwasher, so that option's out.
Anyone suggest anything else? I don't want to despoil my nice clean engine bay with a grotty header tank! 
David
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:22 AM |
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I tried all sorts of chemicals on mine , in the end I pushed a piece of cloth in and pushed it around with a screwdriver or something.
Worked quite well.
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Deckman001
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:32 AM |
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Yep, same as dave but with a bit of ariel in it as well
Jason
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Snuggs
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:39 AM |
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Try using some dry course sand and give it a really good shake.
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wicket
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:41 AM |
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Hot water and vinegar, let it stand for a while, added a table spoon of brown rice and gave it a damn good shaking.
It did need the cloth and screwdriver treatment in the corners, here's what it looks like now
 
Rescued attachment Expansion_Tank_2a.jpg
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James
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:50 AM |
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I didn't even get as advanced as cloth and screwdriver. I used a..... stick!
I tell you, it's like a Formula 1 workshop in my garage at times!
James
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 09:50 AM |
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Sounds like a Locost lunch!!
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 10:43 AM |
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Is that an Astra header tank in Wicket's piccy ?
looks like a good solution to yet another problem i didn't realise I had! 
Dave
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 10:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveFJ
Is that an Astra header tank in Wicket's piccy ?
looks like a good solution to yet another problem i didn't realise I had!
awful like a Rover 214 header tank ?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 10:51 AM |
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Rover 200/400 range.
I have one of these - it's "Plan B" if I can't get the Astra tank to fit where I want...
The long legs are a pain to fit - they're too long for fitting in front of my scuttle firewall - but they're easily cut if necessary.
David
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 10:52 AM |
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Sounds like a case for Cilit Bang !!!!!!!!!
Try a solution of either phosphoric acid (pink rust remover) or borasic acid (boiled up Rhubarb leaves)
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locoboy
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 11:39 AM |
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seem to remember someone putting clean gravel in there with washing powder and giving it a good shaking.
might be worth a go.
Rover SD1 header tank is a nice size too.
ATB
Locoboy
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 12:39 PM |
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Some have used the dishwasher............mmmmmm at your own risk of having swimbo banish you from the house.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 12:41 PM |
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Tricky... haven't got one!
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Donners90
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 01:22 PM |
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Neat bleach works a treat
Put a small amount in the tank then seal the holes. rotate it every 15mins and rinse out! :-)
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MikeR
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 04:01 PM |
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for how long?
(really wanted to write at what speed but you've told us 4rph - revs per hour)
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Hellfire
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 05:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Sounds like a case for Clit Bang !!!!!!!!!
At my first reading I wondered... what the hell?  My "our lass" wince.... 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 05:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by colmaccoll
seem to remember someone putting clean gravel in there with washing powder and giving it a good shaking.
might be worth a go.
Rover SD1 header tank is a nice size too.
Dish washer powder might also be a good bet it as been tested for cleaning mains water tanks and proved better than the specialist chemical the water
companies were using.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 06:40 PM |
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Have used dishwasher powder with good results in the past, also dry sand .Rhubarb leaves sound interesting but where do you get then in the middle of
winter?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 08:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Sounds like a case for Cilit Bang !!!!!!!!!
Try a solution of either phosphoric acid (pink rust remover) or borasic acid (boiled up Rhubarb leaves)
Like I said yesterday, boracic acid comes from volcanoes, oxalic acid comes from rhubarb!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 08:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Tricky... haven't got one!
SWMBO or dishwasher?
Or is that the same thing?
(runs for cover.........)
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 11:19 PM |
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if you ever put barrs leaks or radweld in the system, it will end up back at that colour anyway!
atb
steve
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 11:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Have used dishwasher powder with good results in the past, also dry sand .Rhubarb leaves sound interesting but where do you get then in the middle of
winter?
The seasons just started -- only forced Rhubarb so far but in a month or so.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/3/05 at 11:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Sounds like a case for Cilit Bang !!!!!!!!!
Try a solution of either phosphoric acid (pink rust remover) or borasic acid (boiled up Rhubarb leaves)
Like I said yesterday, boracic acid comes from volcanoes, oxalic acid comes from rhubarb!!
I was wondering why I had heart burn :-)
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/3/05 at 12:09 PM |
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Well, a stick and bits of EBG* got rid of nearly all of it, and now it's back in some Arial washing powder for 24 hours or so. Looking a lot
better!
cheers,
David
* EBG = Elephant's Bog Roll (a.k.a. blue workshop paper towels)
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