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As many know, my W/c loop was filled with some nasty looking crap.... I just put in distilled ...So last weekend I was planning on cleaning it out with the Airspirit *sol Flush. Hoping to weaken some of the junk before the weekend cleaning, I poured a little bit into my system. Less than 48 hours later I found a crack in the inlet on the inlet manifold on my Danner Mag 3. I had been running this system, gunk and all, for about 4.5 months, and I believe that the Pinesol somehow caused my pump to crack. I'm not 100% sure of this but right now it seems to be the only thing I can blame (besides my neglegence and procrastination).

It was a good thing (as matha likes to say) however, because I found that I really needed to clean out my system. My Cascade is Black inside, including the plastic, and all of the nylon barbs were coated/stained with a brown residue. Near spring cleaning was well due.

Anyone have any suggestions? comments? scathing critisisms?

What would turn the cascade black, was it the algae or was I having some corrosion going on (I have no aluminum that I know of, and I am pretty sure my HC is all/mostly copper (and brass))?

In the Future what should I use to clean my system if Pinesol id cause the pump trouble?