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Re: Acid Flush a good Idea?

Posted By: Charlie Haws
Date: Friday, 29 April 2005, at 9:20 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Acid Flush a good Idea? (bruce)

I have flushed my raw water side twice with acid. My Cat mechanic also recommended the proceedure. I remove the pencil zincs like you have been instructed; but I pump the acid in with a small plastic drill pump.
By the way when a shop cleans your exchanger they soak it in hot acid. I have done a little experiment. I put some old pencil zincs in an old heat exchanger and let it cook for hours. The acid attacked the zinc and did almost nothing to the heat exchanger. This talk about doing harm to you system is overstated. I do use straight acid for 30 minutes and than 5 gallons of fresh water followed by a 30 minute run down the bay to get all systems flushed. I have the raw water tranny exchangers.

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Acid Flush a good Idea? *PIC*
Sean Burlingham -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 5:31 a.m.

Re: Acid Flush a good Idea?
bruce -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 8:10 a.m.

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Charlie Haws -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 9:20 a.m.

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Joef -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 10:27 a.m.

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Joef -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 10:30 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 12:25 p.m.

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Kevin -- Friday, 29 April 2005, at 3:11 p.m.

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Sean Burlingham -- Sunday, 1 May 2005, at 1:21 a.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Sunday, 1 May 2005, at 10:19 a.m.

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JoeF -- Sunday, 1 May 2005, at 11:03 a.m.