PA120.3 Rad Cleaning

[BigRollTide1]

I ran some really hot distilled water through the rad last night and tonight, shaking it for about five minutes each time. I then put about a tablespoon of detergent in the rad with hot water, shook it and and then let it sit for about 30 minutes. After that, I rinsed the rad out to get the soap out with more distilled water.

And finally, I ran some hot water through the rad with a pump. There was no cloudiness to the water at all. I was expecting to have to run a few cycles after seeing other pics.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t199/BigRollTide/RadandPump.jpg
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http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t199/BigRollTide/SubmergedPump.jpg
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http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t199/BigRollTide/Tygon2275.jpg

[jabski]

glad you got it clean. Thou if you had searched theres a 3 page thread about this http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140881

[BigRollTide1]

glad you got it clean. Thou if you had searched theres a 3 page thread about this http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140881

Yes i know...I guess I shoulda added this to that thread. All the ideas for my cleaning came from that very thread.

[jabski]

how hot did you have the water in the pan ?????

[BigRollTide1]

how hot did you have the water in the pan ?????

Hot...it was boiling and I turned it down a tad so that it wasn't boiling when I put the pump in. I don't have a thermometer, but had to be about 85-90 celsius.

[redcorn]

Sounds like overkill to me. I have both the PA120.2 and 120.3 and ran regular hot water from the tap through the rads 5 times shaking them then ran distilled water through them 4 times and was done. Never seen any problems since then took abou 45 minutes. My coolant and resovoirs are clean. But if you like to clean then good job. :clap:

[Vice]

Surprisingly enough, my mcr-360 came cleaned.