Re: Cloggged heater core - ThroFlush to the rescue?

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Tue Jan 27 2009 - 17:24:07 EST


Tom Coulter <metalshop@optonline.net> wrote:
> According to its manufacturer, this industrial strength product has been
> successfully used on diesels and heavy duty trucks. The one-pint jar is
> actually a powder which is mixed on-site to the recommended specs (using
> very hot water). You then isolate the heater core by cutting/disconnecting
> the feeder hoses and - with the heater turned ON - circulating the Thoro
> Flush solution in a back flush direction for about 10 minutes or so. It's
> supposed to work miracles ...
[...]

> Has anyone ever heard of/used Thoro Flush?

   I have not heard of it, but I do have a question - if the heater
core is isolated by cutting/disconnecting the hoses, how can the water
pump cycle the solution? Or, do you not use the water pump and
instead use an external pump of some type?

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                                          -Jon-

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