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11-20-2005, 07:14 PM
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Citric acid flush, no step in the instructions for REALLY stupid people like me!
Well, you all forgot the step in the citric acid flush instructiosn for REALLY stupid people lik myself.
And the step is....mix citric acid powder with water thoroughly BEFORE putting in reservoire and filling collant system....otherwise, someone with no sense like myself might actually pour the 2.2 lbs. of powder directly into the reservoire with a funnel a little bit at a time with water to flush it in each time...making sure that clumps of citric acid are floating around in your coolant system, not mixing proberly and making all kinds of air locks. Good God, this is a pain in the butt sometimes. To make this even more fun, the hose clamp connecting the hose to my thermostat housing was loose and came off when I reached a destination today, spraying nice sticky citric acid (and a few clumps) all over my engine compartment... Oh, yeah. It's been a FUN day  Pete. 
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#2
11-20-2005, 07:15 PM
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We assume you would have done this step......guess that was the first mistake...  I premixed it with hot tap water......
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11-20-2005, 07:24 PM
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Never assume with me.
 Is it okay if there's still the occassional small clump of citric acid in there after the 4-5 flushes with water...eventually disolving? Any longterm (or shorterm) damage issues with some of this stuff possibly floating around? What a PITA I've created for myself. Please don't forget the "stupid people" steps next time...I need them with anything mechanical, or I become leathal to the very thing I'm repairing. Pete.
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11-20-2005, 07:28 PM
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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11-20-2005, 07:32 PM
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Okay. I just figured that maybe some of it would have hardened since it wasn't pre-mixed. Maybe I shouldn't worry about it and just flush as planned.
I'm near the Telegraph exit off I-495 in Alexandria, Virginia, I'm about to flush it with water for the first time (other than the water I put in it after having the loose hose come off). Where's the block plug again? I see the alternator and the thermostat housing....now if I can just figure out where the starter is, I can find the block-plug 
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11-20-2005, 08:04 PM
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Go underneath, on the passenger side, and find the starter, neatly tucked into the side of the block, below the manifolds and at the very back of the engine. Now find the very forward end of the starter. Go three inches further forward and about 1 inch vertically upward and there will be a bright hex plug that sticks out of the block. That's the block plug. It won't be difficult to remove.
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11-20-2005, 08:14 PM
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if you've never been out of the driveway after you have flushed it as best you can with the bolck drain please do drive it for maybe an hour...will help get the last bit disolved so you can get it out of the system.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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11-21-2005, 12:24 AM
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haha
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1982 240D. My name is Michael, and I am an 18 year old binge-drinkin', cigar-smokin', novel-writin', all around unsavory and unnattractive guy. I tell long-winded stories, and I only shave once a week, although I've had to do it every day since I was 16.
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