T&T: heat exchangers

[ReidGantt at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/1/2007 3:32:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
wosborne at siu.edu writes:

> How long have you used the vinegar soak and where do you get 10 gallons of
> vinegar?  Have you had to clean them any other way?
> 

Bill:

You can buy gallon jugs of vinegar at Sam's Club and I'm sure that WalMart 
and other stores have it as well.  I don't recall price but it was only a couple 
of dollars a gallon.

I've used vinegar to clean heat exchangers and their associated plumbing for 
several years.  I usually leave it in overnight.  Start the engine up the next 
day and watch the whiteish colored calcium deposits flow out the exhaust 
water.   Works great.

Reid Gantt
Atlantic 30 "Vouivre"
docked at Sneads Ferry NC


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