Do you need to clush piped when cleaning the heater matrix?

[toosexyformycar]

Title says it all really. Planning on pulling my heater matrix off tomorrow and blowing it through with a karcher as my heater isnt hot enough for my liking when on. Just wondered if you guys would back flush the pipes leading to the colling system incase thy are sludged up as well?

If you should do it. Any advice on what to look out for or any potential headaches.
Thanks in advance.

[Gruber]

eh?

[Sump Scraper]

Would it not be easier to just flush the cooling system with the matrix left in place?
just take a coolant hose off, stick a garden hose in the coolant header tank and flush until the water is clear coming back out of the pipe you disconnected.

If your heater is not blowing well,check the cabin filter and change it if it hasn't been done in a while.

Edited by Sump Scraper on Tuesday 22 May 22:52

[toosexyformycar]

Sorry mate im a bit thick so probably aint making much sense. Basically i want to clean my heater matrix as i think its proably blocked. And the lads are uncertain whther its a good idea to flush the pipes which go into it. Uncase they are messed up aswell. Thanks

[toosexyformycar]

Sump Scraper said:

Would it not be easier to just flush the cooling system with the matrix left in place?
just take a coolant hose off, stick a garden hose in the coolant header tank and flush until the water is clear coming back out of the pipe you disconnected.

Ive dine that before. Infact i do it at every service, but if you have a blackage in the heater matrix and its scaled up it wont work. Ive found before you need to smash it up with a decent pressure washer.

[Sump Scraper]

toosexyformycar said:

Ive dine that before. Infact i do it at every service, but if you have a blackage in the heater matrix and its scaled up it wont work. Ive found before you need to smash it up with a decent pressure washer.

Ah I get you now, you could try soaking it in some descaler of some description then blasting it with the power washer.
I always use deionized water when I'm doing the coolant,never get any scaling problems.tap water makes some mess over the years

[toosexyformycar]

Sump Scraper said:

Ah I get you now, you could try soaking it in some descaler of some description then blasting it with the power washer.
I always use deionized water when I'm doing the coolant,never get any scaling problems.tap water makes some mess over the years

Fair play. Tbh its not a job iim looking forward to. Gotta take the front bumper off to disconnect lower hose from the rad. Also have to srrip the dash out to get to the matrix. Ans you just know your gonna cock it up somehow. Would be happy to get a new matrix, but im too tight to spend 90 quid if the pipes are messed up anyway, will try the dionised water trick from now om.

[Gruber]

Did you write scripts for 'Allo 'Allo back in the day?

[toosexyformycar]

Gruber said:

Did you write scripts for 'Allo 'Allo back in the day?

No mate, im just on ipad as i broke my laptop and no acccess to other computers on camp at this time of might.

[GavinPearson]

The last thing you should do is use a pressure washer.

Backflush the heater using a hosepipe and nothing more powerful.

Use a product like Radflush to descale the cooling system.

Carefully flush out all the contaminants from the cooling system and neutralise the cooling system.

Refill using the correct coolant and distilled water.

[redgriff500]

Pressure washer won't be any better than a hose.

Unless a blockage is in the entrance as soon as it turns a corner the pressure washer is ineffective.

[toosexyformycar]

redgriff500 said:

Pressure washer won't be any better than a hose.

Unless a blockage is in the entrance as soon as it turns a corner the pressure washer is ineffective.

You talk sense. Ive done it before and it didnt eork for long. Ill just flash the cash ams get a new matrix!

[andy43]

This is a new text speak language right?

[toosexyformycar]

andy43 said:

This is a new text speak language right?

no mate. ipad typos. sorry for that, but atleast its clear to read and you can understans it!!

[Gixer]

I think your iPads broken....



.......posted by iPad.

[toosexyformycar]

Gixer said:

I think your iPads broken....



.......posted by iPad.

What's that got to do with a heater matrix? I know you think your being clever, but if you wish to discuss: spelling, punctuation and grammar, fk off to a linguistics forum .

[Gixer]

Nothing to discuss is there? Previous posters have already said sticking a pressure washer into your heater matrix is not going to do it any good. Which is kind of obvious, isn't it? Add that to the fact that on most cars removing one is a complete pita, and not something you would want to do more than once, I would suggest replacing it if indeed there's anything wrong with it.


Written on iPad :-p

[cahami]

Why buy a new one before you try and unblock the old one? youve got to take it off anyway so may as well descale it properly then leak test it. if it does happen to leak bin it or get a can of tyreweld.

[TheEnd]

cahami said:

Why buy a new one before you try and unblock the old one? youve got to take it off anyway so may as well descale it properly then leak test it. if it does happen to leak bin it or get a can of tyreweld.

Is that for the heater matrix or the ipad?

[Shaw Tarse]

TheEnd said:

cahami said:

Why buy a new one before you try and unblock the old one? youve got to take it off anyway so may as well descale it properly then leak test it. if it does happen to leak bin it or get a can of tyreweld.

Is that for the heater matrix or the ipad?

The OP doesn't get on with tyre weld