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Originally posted by moedip
did you put vinegar with water or vinegar in antifreeze??? Any one think of any damage to mercedes system doing this??? Won't the acetic acid etch the aluminum parts in moter and water pump??
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I used about 3/4 gallon of vinegar and filled the rest with H2O. Kind of like you would use for cleaning out a coffee maker or even weaker. I left it in for about 100 miles or 2 days. I flushed it out very well. I think you could have drank the final flush water. I used a garden hose hooked up to one of the hoses and disconnected each of the other hoses including the inlet and outlet of the heater core.
Please note this was a last ditch effort. This is why I gave disclamers.
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1991 Mazda Miata 174000
1991 Subaru 189,000 Winter beater
got rid of:
1984 VW Vanagon 195,000
1976 350SE Euro 185,000 KM
1973 280SE 4.5 (boy do I regret that)
1980 280SE European W126 4 speed manual (miss it)
1989 BMW 735iL 119000 (good riddance)
Last edited by Silver Boat; 01-12-2002 at 02:26 AM.
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