Coolant Bleeding problem on KV6

paulh260260 · 31st March 2021, 10:50

Following yesterdays coolant refill, and now the car is up on ramps I've had a good feel of the hoses and rad.

The bottom hose as well as the bottom of the rad is cold, so clearly a blockage somewhere. Obviously just flushing with water didn't do the trick

My initial thought is using one of the commercially available radiator/coolant flushing solutions out there probably Holts.

Remember I'm not just flushing as a maintenance but trying to unblock the rad ( or a hose somewhere) so are there specific ones that do the job better...I've had a look online but I can't get past the marketing hype as all seem to do absolutely everything apart from lower your cholesterol!!!

(BTW I've definitely not put in any devils liquid however I don't know if any has been added by previous owners)

Cheers

Paul

31st March 2021, 10:50	#28
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