The Webmaster Zone

Last night after work I ventured down to the garage and tackled the cooling system. Drained the radiator and the back tap, and flushed a few buckets of the old coolant back through the radiator to try and clean out a bit of gunk. Looked pretty dirty. Then I removed the three old hoses (didn't replace the heater hoses - do that another time) and put in new ones, replacing the worm-drive type rad clamps with the proper wire clips. Refilled with 1 bottle of RedLine Water Wetter and a 60/40 mix of water and antifreeze (which works out perfectly to 3L of water and 2L of antifreeze). Let the car run for a while, doesn't look like there are any leaks. I'll find out how much difference it makes in the border lineup tomorrow! I almost always have to turn off the car for a while in the line to keep from overheating. Another thing to check off my list, the short rubber tube off the bottom part of the radiator was cracked and looked just about ready to expire. Better to catch these things before they catch you, I say. I also took a good look at the front calipers and it looks like the chrome piston is seized on both sides. Not good, I'll be searching the MGs archives for information on rebuilding those... I got my 13-row oil cooler from Moss as well, I'll install that on Friday and of course post a full report on its effect on my oil pressure.