So I've driven the car now for 250 miles with blocked open tstat and no overheating. I'm noticing that the cooling system is pressurized in the mornings. This morning I noticed that the upper and lower radiator hoses were moderately swollen, and there was a puff of air when I removed radiator cap. There was some leakage of coolant from the thermostat housing cover sealed by a rubber o ring which I have not yet replaced. Perhaps coolant leaking because system pressurized? I'm considering taking car to radiator shop to have system pressure tested. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:09 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Yes. No way I'm doing that in these ridiculous temps. A nice summer project! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 28, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:16:13 -0600 Peter Frederick via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Now that you have a forced open thermostat, it's time to do a citric >>> acid flush. >>> >>> You will need a kilogram of food grade citric acid (should be able to >>> find that fairly easily without spending the money for analytical >>> grade). Dissolve in a gallon of water. Empty cooling system, >>> including draining the block through the drain valve or plug. >> >> I think you might want to wait until the weather is back above >> freezing ... >> >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
