Over heating -- followup and question

[Curt Sprenger]

Mike, I've run out of the "evil old fashioned kind". Where can I buy
more these days?

Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38 8V92, Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Mike Hohnstein wrote:

> Yeah? Why's that? You know something I've missed?
> I suggested BRAKE KLEEN, not carb cleaner. That stuff might even get
> the urathane to lift.
> MH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Leroy Eckert
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Over heating -- followup and question
>
> Mike-- that is the cleaner that has acetone, MEK and other goodies in
> a spray can available at WalMart or NAPA right?
> Just do no not get it on the paint.
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990WB-40
> Niceville, FL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Hohnstein
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 7:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Over heating -- followup and question
>
> Douche that bad boy with Brake Kleen, not the safe stuff, the evil old
> fashoned kind that really works. A case should do the trick and it
> WILL clean out any thing.
> MH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Robinson
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 7:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Over heating -- followup and question
>
> Leroy I too cleaned my radiator recently and did the best I could without
> taking the thing out. I noticed some paint had flaked off but opted not to
> repaint because even though I cleaned it out as best I could I am not
> confident that it is clean enough to paint. I'd be worried the paint would
> combine with any dirt/soap residue left behind and clog the fins up.
>
> On 10/09/06, Leroy Eckert > > wrote:
> >
> > David:
> > Thanks, seems reasonable. After Pete posted his problem I checked
> mine out
> > even though I do not have overtemp problems. The last time I cleaned
> my the
> > radiator was 18,000 miles ago. I washed it out this weekend and was
> amazed
> > at how much black water came out of the oil cooler, condenser and
> radiator.
> > The bus gets dirty with road film from the rain and all of that crud is
> > sucked into the radiator by the fan. I will repaint my radiator
> black next
> > weekend. The condenser and oil cooler are not painted?? Any ideas on
> that???
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Brady
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 5:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Over heating -- followup and question
> >
> > They paint them black for the same reason that disc brake
> > calipers are painted black - heat radiation. Everything radiates
> > heat in the form of electromagnetic waves (energy). The ideal
> > is Black Body Radiation. The emissivity of a painted black
> > object radiates more like an ideal Black Body than other painted
> > colors.
> >
> > David B
> > '02 LXi Smokey
> > Va
> >
> > Pete Masterson wrote:
> > >
> > > The radiator was painted. And I noticed that they paint all the
> > > radiators in their shop that they're servicing ... there was a rack
> > > with a bunch of radiators that were just painted... I saw that they
> > > have a fan blowing air through the newly painted radiators ...
> > > probably to keep the paint from clogging the air passages.
> > >
> > >
> >
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> Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> 94 WLWB
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