Beiträge von Daytonbroad

    Sorry if I'm skeptical about using any child in my engine ...: Hmm:

    I guess you would have to rinse out the pipes several times with clear water before using again ...?

    Yes! I understand your concern completely .. I do not know what products are available or permissible in Germany, we have products here in the UK for cleaning patio and paving .. I use this 50/50 mix with fresh water .. first [v6] then I remove the thermostat from my Essex engine [with the cologne you would need to remove the thermostat and refit the cover!] and fill the mixture in through the thermostat housing, I will leave this for 30 min the first time then drain in a container, you will see the mixture is turning orange / brown in color, then I will make a plug for the lower radiator hose and in this I fit a connector for our garden pants, then I flush back with fresh water only until clear. I do not leave the mixture in this way for a long time is flushed so. finally I refill with fresh 50/50 and the car is running cooler in hot weather

    Hello, I am a new member from the UK, this thread about engine cooling is very interesting.. one thing I have not seen discussed is about cleaning the cooling system [flushing] to remove accumulated corrosion from the water jacket. A build up of corrosion in the engine reduces the cooling capacity, this is common to all engines and is a consequence of using poor quality coolant, not changing the coolant often or poor coolant mixture which reduces the level of corrosion inhibitor. The V6 engine Essex/Cologne is very much at risk of this because of the shape of the water jacket.

    Ford have put in to the water jacket plugs for draining the cylinder block [Essex x1] [Cologne x2] but often these are not noticed and are never removed, when I change the coolant on my Capri's I always remove these plugs and run the engine through with de-scaling liquid [mild acid] to remove the rust..

    Love that deep Rostyles!

    The wheels I think are originally from the MkIII Cortina [Taunus] 5 1/5" width with 175/70R13 Pirelli tyres and where already on the car when I bought it from Spain, the wheels had been refurbished in Portugal and have a very good finish, I will leave them gold as I think it suits the car very nicely.. this is the body shell now painted..IMG_2640 (393).jpg

    Nice day! Thank you for the permission to join. I live in the UK and restore a 1971 2000GT XL, which was rebuilt in Cologne. I own the car since March 2017 when I brought it from Avila in Spain. The car is evergreen and has olive green interior trim, I would like to ask for help in the near future. Thanks John [please excuse my use of google for translation!]

    Hi John, welcome to board and thanks for the help with the Mk1 calendar. Wishing luck with the olive parts! Post some pictures of you