As in subject, my 2000 530d recently broke a oil cooler, so one evening out in cape town it was like 12c out and i started overheading while doing about 140km/hr...
weird.. thats never happened to me before in summer, let alone winter.
first thing i thought was "water pump has packed up".. so i stopped the car let it cool off (temp only went to 3/4 on the gauge)... drove on... repeat... repeat.
1.5hrs later i got to a friends place (alot closer than my house) where i left the car overnight, had it towed the next day to workshop...
it ended up being the oil cooler that went bust and sent 80% of my engine oil into the coolant.
what a mess, several radiator flushes later its mostly sorted, but now ive been doing some research to find a product that is best suited for this job, as in a week or so's time i want to give another flush just to be sure.
According to my research, the best coolant cleaner money can buy is made
by a company called fleetguard (cummins diesel), its called
RESTORE + RESTORE plus
http://www.cumminsfiltration.com/html/en/products/cooling/system_cleaners.html
now the RESTORE plus (available in africa and south africa) is a general coolant cleaner. the product which is listed for cleaning oil out of coolant is Just RESTORE, but its not available in sa or africa.
here is from the website:
Restore
Alkaline-Based Cleaner
Most Effective Cooling System Oil/Fuel Contamination-Cleaning Agent on Market
Removes Silicate Gel
10 Times More Effective than Automotive Distributor Detergent Powders
Safe for Use in Aluminum Radiators and Heaters
Restore Plus
Mild Acid-Based Chelating Cleaner
Safely Removes Rust, Corrosion, Scale, and Solder Bloom - Without Disassembling your Cooling System
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so can be seen, i actually would really benefit from the "Restore" product.
does anyone else know of anything else? thats actually available in SA ?
some say use some dishwasher detergant for the flush... but i dunno..
any tips from those that know of a product or someone who has had to deal with this scenario before would be appreciated..
thx
Anton
weird.. thats never happened to me before in summer, let alone winter.
first thing i thought was "water pump has packed up".. so i stopped the car let it cool off (temp only went to 3/4 on the gauge)... drove on... repeat... repeat.
1.5hrs later i got to a friends place (alot closer than my house) where i left the car overnight, had it towed the next day to workshop...
it ended up being the oil cooler that went bust and sent 80% of my engine oil into the coolant.
what a mess, several radiator flushes later its mostly sorted, but now ive been doing some research to find a product that is best suited for this job, as in a week or so's time i want to give another flush just to be sure.
According to my research, the best coolant cleaner money can buy is made
by a company called fleetguard (cummins diesel), its called
RESTORE + RESTORE plus
http://www.cumminsfiltration.com/html/en/products/cooling/system_cleaners.html
now the RESTORE plus (available in africa and south africa) is a general coolant cleaner. the product which is listed for cleaning oil out of coolant is Just RESTORE, but its not available in sa or africa.
here is from the website:
Restore
Alkaline-Based Cleaner
Most Effective Cooling System Oil/Fuel Contamination-Cleaning Agent on Market
Removes Silicate Gel
10 Times More Effective than Automotive Distributor Detergent Powders
Safe for Use in Aluminum Radiators and Heaters
Restore Plus
Mild Acid-Based Chelating Cleaner
Safely Removes Rust, Corrosion, Scale, and Solder Bloom - Without Disassembling your Cooling System
-----
so can be seen, i actually would really benefit from the "Restore" product.
does anyone else know of anything else? thats actually available in SA ?
some say use some dishwasher detergant for the flush... but i dunno..
any tips from those that know of a product or someone who has had to deal with this scenario before would be appreciated..
thx
Anton
