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Unread 02-06-2003, 06:52 AM   #1
Deke_Kun
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Default ARGH! Sytem Gunked!

Well, some lovely little brass clamps in my system have corroded, dumping this thick, fine-grained, white crap all through my system. Now I'm trying to get all the crap out, and not having a very good time of it.

I've so far tried three things. Rinsing the system with cold or hot water for a while, clean water that is, in the hope that I can wash out the gunk.

I've also tried running some white vinegar through the system, in a hope if would take the gunk with it.

Finally I searched under the laundry sink, and found some CLR, (that calcium, lime, rust stuff) and ran some of that through for a while, all to no avail.

Now, obviously, I can't see inside my waterblock or radiator, but I'm looking at the clear plastic hosing, and the inside of that is coated with a layer of this corroded gunk. My reckoning is, if its stuck to the piping, its going to be stuck to the radiator and waterblock too.

Now, anyone have ANY ideas on what will get this white deritus out of my system?

~Deke
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