10-09-12, 08:12 PM
Thanks peeps, some good tips there. The oil looks clean, like oil not emulsion, although I'll change it as advised and look at it properly when it comes out, and get the carb pipes super clean. Or in fact, just switch them for the spares I have and clean the rubber tubes. It's whether the block is due to the radweld or the o-ring rubber getting somewhere it shouldn't that is concerning me most I think
If it's blocked, I shouldn't run it I think? So how can I use the rad flush to help, just leave it sitting in for a bit?
The radiator failed several times. The repairs were successful, but I had to pinch off the cross pieces which I think increased the pressure in the other cross pieces and caused repeated failures. Or just because they've all experienced the same conditions so have failed at about the same time. It was cracking across the edges of the cross pieces, it really crumbed in the end. I've learned that a radiator in bad condition should be replaced, even if it is working.
I made some poor decisions to say the least in needing to get back quickly for work, not helped by stroppy rip off Italian mechanics, and other friendly but ineffective ones. What I should have done is ordered one from Delkevic or the one I got from eBay and sat tight. I didn't get back any quicker than if I had in the end.
The Delvevic tip is a top one, I've already ordered a pattern one from eBay though, new but providence unknown.
If it's blocked, I shouldn't run it I think? So how can I use the rad flush to help, just leave it sitting in for a bit?
The radiator failed several times. The repairs were successful, but I had to pinch off the cross pieces which I think increased the pressure in the other cross pieces and caused repeated failures. Or just because they've all experienced the same conditions so have failed at about the same time. It was cracking across the edges of the cross pieces, it really crumbed in the end. I've learned that a radiator in bad condition should be replaced, even if it is working.
I made some poor decisions to say the least in needing to get back quickly for work, not helped by stroppy rip off Italian mechanics, and other friendly but ineffective ones. What I should have done is ordered one from Delkevic or the one I got from eBay and sat tight. I didn't get back any quicker than if I had in the end.
The Delvevic tip is a top one, I've already ordered a pattern one from eBay though, new but providence unknown.