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Hi All,
My heater matrix pipes (thin metal ones from T junction below temp. sender) were TOTALLY blocked with **** all the way to the heater!
The pipes were actually "solid" with dirt!
After pondering for a long time I tried attaching a high pressure hose at both ends and tapping the pipes to try and loosen the crud.
2 hours later, nothing, still totally unmovable!
Then, I had a sudden flash of inspiration (these come to me from time to time!).
10 minutes later they were clean as a whistle!
Here's how I did it!
1. Get daughter's bicycle from shed!
2. Remove back brake cable!
3. Cut the lead nipple off one end!
4. Place brake cable in any power drill and tighten up so that cable is protruding like drill bit.
5. Feed cable into pipes (I started in the engine bay) with drill at slowest setting (gentle encouragement is needed to prevent cable from twisting).
6. Watch in awe as the cable eats it's way through the **** in the pipe, especially if the end of the cable is a bit frayed!
7. Repeat flushing!
8. Watch the lovely clean water gushing up through the pipes
9. Job done!
I'm not joking, it worked brilliant!
It literally eats through the slime and muck and because it is very strong and flexible it will follow the bends of the pipes beautifully!
The spinning action not only eats through the dirt but also helps the cable aroung the bends in the pipe!
Anyone with blocked pipes, give it a go!
Later!
Gary
My heater matrix pipes (thin metal ones from T junction below temp. sender) were TOTALLY blocked with **** all the way to the heater!
The pipes were actually "solid" with dirt!
After pondering for a long time I tried attaching a high pressure hose at both ends and tapping the pipes to try and loosen the crud.
2 hours later, nothing, still totally unmovable!
Then, I had a sudden flash of inspiration (these come to me from time to time!).
10 minutes later they were clean as a whistle!
Here's how I did it!
1. Get daughter's bicycle from shed!
2. Remove back brake cable!
3. Cut the lead nipple off one end!
4. Place brake cable in any power drill and tighten up so that cable is protruding like drill bit.
5. Feed cable into pipes (I started in the engine bay) with drill at slowest setting (gentle encouragement is needed to prevent cable from twisting).
6. Watch in awe as the cable eats it's way through the **** in the pipe, especially if the end of the cable is a bit frayed!
7. Repeat flushing!
8. Watch the lovely clean water gushing up through the pipes
9. Job done!
I'm not joking, it worked brilliant!
It literally eats through the slime and muck and because it is very strong and flexible it will follow the bends of the pipes beautifully!
The spinning action not only eats through the dirt but also helps the cable aroung the bends in the pipe!
Anyone with blocked pipes, give it a go!
Later!
Gary
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