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07-21-2004, 08:56 PM | #1 |
Cooling Neophyte
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Flushed my system-now for the ?`s
i have a DD maze3,eheim 1250,86 chev core,acrylic res 14 " high.
i ran out and bought the pinesol & lysol & some more distilled water.i roughly followed the ratios & filled it back up.after about 5 minutes the crap started coming loose.there was stuff floating around in res like crazy.i half drained it & added more water to the mix.the not full lines really got scoured this way.only problem i had was the dam smell. my wife chewed me out for that one ) .what i cant figure out is what caused the bacteria to grow in the 1st place.i use approx 95% distilled 5% glycol. what would be a recommended antibacterial agent??? thnx |
07-21-2004, 09:15 PM | #2 |
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i read somewhere that someone used anti-biotic pills and grinded them up. i suppose you could grind up some cipro and throw it in there? atleast there wont be SARS in your water...
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07-21-2004, 10:15 PM | #3 |
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You may have something inside one of your components that you used in the past. Perhaps you could take everything out and inspect each item. Clean everything seperately with DW and then let it air dry. Now once everything is clean and has dried properly start off using just distilled water then add other ingrediants as needed. I am not sure if the glycol is needed unless you are running a chiller or something else that would create a need for antifreeze.
Also, when you say bacteria, what exactly is it that you are seeeing? I only ask this as I have yet to experiance any bacteria problems of my own and I have run quite a few different things through my system. I am willing to bet that something in your system is contaminated and is causing the solution to become contaminated. Either that or there is an issue with the glycol you are using. Hope this response is of some help. Hope you get rid of the gunk!
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07-21-2004, 11:12 PM | #4 | |
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07-22-2004, 12:57 AM | #5 |
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You could consider changing out the tubing. I am not 100% on this but I think I have heard that WW can leave a slight residue behind. I use it along with anti-freeze and have not had any problems. Unless you have nice Tygon stufff this is a pretty easy thing to do with a trip to a hardware store.
If it is bacteria, there is a good chance that allowing everything to dry out will kill it. This may be somewhat of a pain as the Heater Core can take time.
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07-22-2004, 04:52 PM | #6 | |
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