question about cleaning of rear radiator.
I clean my rear radiator often with simple green and sometimes with dawn. I recently used engine degreaser on my engine and it really got the oil and grease off. I got to wondering if engine degrease...
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n4hwl,
You're getting good and pertinent answers here. One thing I'd like to ask is, how long have you owned the coach? Are you the original owner? What engine do you have and, where is the exit point of your slobber tube? The reason I ask these questions is, while you may be getting some gunk out each time you wash it, you may be missing some that's embedded in between the CAC and the rear face of the radiator.
If you've owned the coach since new, and have kept up on cleaning both the CAC and the Radiator diligently, then you're most likely in pretty good shape. You see, even if you were to use a pressure washer from the rear side, you'd most likely not get any of the gunk off the interior side of the CAC. You see, I had to remove both our CAC and the Radiator for service and doing other maintenance and, using ZEP industrial strength citrus based cleaner, and, a 2650 psi pressure washer, it took several passes to get all the gunk just out of the radiator.
The same with the CAC. As for your choose of what chemical to use, there's a zillion to choose from. The ZEP product I used was fine. I don't do a lot of them so, I cannot recommend any particular one. It seems the purple version of Simple Green seems to be popular.
If you really wan to know how good a job you've been doing, buy or borrow an "inspection camera" and snake it in there for a real close look. There was no way I could see how bad mine was without the use of one of those cameras. It really woke me up.
Scott
You're getting good and pertinent answers here. One thing I'd like to ask is, how long have you owned the coach? Are you the original owner? What engine do you have and, where is the exit point of your slobber tube? The reason I ask these questions is, while you may be getting some gunk out each time you wash it, you may be missing some that's embedded in between the CAC and the rear face of the radiator.
If you've owned the coach since new, and have kept up on cleaning both the CAC and the Radiator diligently, then you're most likely in pretty good shape. You see, even if you were to use a pressure washer from the rear side, you'd most likely not get any of the gunk off the interior side of the CAC. You see, I had to remove both our CAC and the Radiator for service and doing other maintenance and, using ZEP industrial strength citrus based cleaner, and, a 2650 psi pressure washer, it took several passes to get all the gunk just out of the radiator.
The same with the CAC. As for your choose of what chemical to use, there's a zillion to choose from. The ZEP product I used was fine. I don't do a lot of them so, I cannot recommend any particular one. It seems the purple version of Simple Green seems to be popular.
If you really wan to know how good a job you've been doing, buy or borrow an "inspection camera" and snake it in there for a real close look. There was no way I could see how bad mine was without the use of one of those cameras. It really woke me up.
Scott
