Coolant bottle cleaning

[willy3ams]

Found a pretty neat way to clean coolant bottles. ;-)

1. One cup of rice (jasmine, but basmati will work. lol)
2. Gunk engine degreaser neat
3. Top on, holes block with rubber bungs and shake.

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[will 2]

nice one that will save me a few quid on buying a new one =D>

[willy3ams]

nice one that will save me a few quid on buying a new one =D>

Yeah i know the feeling. I was getting fed up of always buying coolant bottles each time. I then remember Northy using rice in the past but with soapy water I still could not get the bottle clean. I tried several chemicals and found gunk the best. :winkey:
So i thought i'd share this with you all. enjoy!

[172lover]

Tried rice before....
Came out some bit better :)


Must try gunk next time though :)

[Chris197F1]

ha ha great solution!

[northy]

http://williamsclio.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?17581-Cleaning-the-header-tank

[northy]

i used bleach

[willy3ams]

i used bleach

I'm surprised Bleach didn't do a better job. Mind you the bottle plastic had really yellowed and most of those stains are ingrained in the plastic.

[willy3ams]

Apologies, I said you used soapy water. lol I was half right

[northy]

that was a old bottle - original and done 160,000miles I'd say

[willy3ams]

Yes to be fair i did cheat. My coolant bottle probably only had 10,000 miles on the clock and 3 yrs old. :-D

[MatBrown]

There not exactly expensive new.

[willy3ams]

There not exactly expensive new.
Only realised that after i'd cleaned it Mat. :???: