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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,889 | You got a bum job. Radiator shops used to use some very caustic cleaning solvents in heated "boiling" tanks to dissolve the deposits in copper-based radiators. They didn't actually boil the stuff- - - -it was heated to 190 degrees or so. Those chemicals got scarce, expensive, and tightly controlled by the tree huggers and other environmental whack jobs some time ago, so getting a radiator or gas tank chemically cleaned is just about a thing of the past. Aluminum radiators would just sort of disappear in a caustic tank, so most shops have gone to some sort of detergent-based cleaning solution these days. That stuff is pretty much useless for getting rust out of a gas tank. Use a strong mixture of Sani-Flush toilet bowl cleaner and very hot water to do your own cleaning, then flush it with several rinses of water. You'll probably do a better cleaning job than the radiator shop- - - - -just don't tell anybody where you dump the stuff! Jerry
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