So glad to see a mechanic so happy about saving a customer money. It's so fun to see their face as you tell them that the flush worked. Fun to tell them it didn't work that well. Instead, it worked fantastically!
If he's anything like me he would rather do almost anything than rip an entire dash apart to deal with a heater core even if you dont make much money doing it!!
Back in the late '80s I worked for a guy laying hardwood floors, and he had a worn-out old box truck with no heat. Early one winter morning we found ourselves at a jobsite an hour or so early, so we basically had to sit in the truck and shiver while we waited for the homeowner to show up and open the property for us. After about twenty minutes I talked him into shutting the truck off and letting me swap the heater hoses. Five minutes later we had all the heat we could ask for. Of course, a week later the heater core ruptured and filled the floor of the truck with nasty brown water, but that's another story.
So that old box truck was probably a 1970 something or maybe even a 1960 something. Back in the day swapping out a heater core was much easier, lots of space on those simple old trucks. Today you practically have to remove the dash.
@@thermalreboot If memory serves, the heater core was in a long black plastic box under the dash that was easily accessible without removing any other part of the truck's interior.
The difference between an honest mechanic, and a parts replacer. Always looking to help the customer save a buck and still get the job done right. Top notch my guy
I didn't use CLR, but just flushed my 2015 Ram 2500 at about 100,000 miles and got back heat on the right side of my cab. This was all before SMA! Great practical knowledge to help us!! Thank you Mr O.
The trick is you have to flush it good before parts of the core get completely jammed, otherwise the CLR just flows thru those parts of the core that aren't clogged up, and the CLR just bypasses the solidly plugged tubes.
@19:32 the reason those don't work is, the heater core passages are all in parallel, and what ends up happening is half of the tubes get completely clogged, and when you flush it, you're sending all the CLR/water thru the half of the core that isn't plugged, but the rest get so jammed up nothing can be forced thru the clogged ones because the water/CLR/air will just take the path of least resistance. Sure, you could pull out the heater core and take the plastic tanks off and manually clean it, but the labor is so horrendous you'd be an idiot to not install a new one "While you're really deep in there". Because even if you could clean it, it could still leak two weeks later and you get the dreaded comeback, "Customer states smelly green water on the floor mats"
Yay! Another win for the customer courtesy of Mr O! So glad that you were able to restore her heat and save her a few bucks in the process. You are a good man Mr O, and that's why most of us are here.
Another great job Eric! You saved her $2000! Had a 2007 Dodge ram, and was quoted $2,500 for a new heater core. Core cost $50, the rest in labor to tear the inside down to the firewall!
Learned something new from you Eric. Many don’t have a clue about how to use generally speaking simple methods to solve or at least try to solve a problem. Nice work. I saw my friend “Henry” my former mechanic last week who is now suffering with Parkinson ‘s and back injuries caused him to have to sell his shop. Always tried to give the customer the best possible experience with a detailed description and explanation on what he recommended. Great person and family man like you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from down South in New Orleans.
In Idaho now... but lived in Westwego and then bought our very first house in Lafitte. Just a few houses down from the bridge at Rosethorn Park. Lived there for 8 years before transferring to Alaska. USCG.
A plethora of new South Main Auto videos, must be Christmas, oh wait! I hope you and the family have a great Christmas! Thanks for another year of great entertainment!
Here we go again, fixing things that used to last for many years without a problem. They just keep making things, smaller and cheaper. Of course, the up side is that it keeps you in business. This is another reason to keep your coolant flushed, and whatever you do, don't believe any of the Lifetime Coolant crap that the manufactures spew. Another good and honest job by a true professional !
Here again you put your customer first. You did a great service for the lady. Other shops would have just said it's a bad core and hit her for a lot of money. Mister O keep being fair. You and Mrs O have a very merry Christmas and new year.
When a mechanic is honest and likes to sleep at night with a clean conscience this is the man , BIG MR O ! Im pretty sure another shop would've sell to the customer a new heater core and end up doing that same procedure and charge her for a new heater core job Ty Mr O , you are the man 👌
Brings back memories. The first ever auto repair I went with my dad to some radiator place to have his 70ish Impala heater core and radiator flushed out. I remember the tons of crap that came out and thought to myself they need to do better than that - referring to the all the crap floating around in that system.
Not only an excellent mechanic but honest. It's refreshing to see a mechanic who actually knows how to diagnose but helps customers save money where he can.
I had issues with my 07 torrents heater core and I ended up replacing it myself- now I know why its almost a double digit hour job. They can never make it simple.
Good for you Eric, as this world becomes more difficult, a LOT of people are going to needs guys like you, where money is not your biggest concern. You seem to always be there to help those in need. If there was a Heaven, you would probably have a ticket in.
Late 90’s or early 2000 I had a ‘94 caravan with plugged core. Tried the fast flush method but never got hot. My local rad shop guy told me to try muriatic acid but warned me not to leave it too long. Worked perfect. We all know no matter what method or chemical used , leaving too long can open up a mess of issues or rather , the heater core starts to leak or any other weak part in the system.
Ain't nothin better than sittin down with yer dinner and seein some new sma vids pop up. Actually there probably are some better things, but this still makes me happy 😁
Glad it worked for you. I’ve put Don dishwasher detergent in one and let it circulate through the system and used my pressure washer it worked perfect also used it in a plugged radiator cleaned it out as well
Great customer service from the friendly neighborhood technician and diagnostic Dr. O and saving the customers money! God bless y'all and Merry Christmas!
Strange to me, I noticed bubbles coming from the bottom of the bucket @ 10:45 into the VJO. Made me wonder what was percolating. Well, never a dull moment at SMA. Wanna thank you Eric. You have a gift, thanks for sharing.
Interesting video. Nice to see a tech who realizes that sometimes it’s tough to come up with the money for car repair and we have to go the route of less cost.
I keep watching you and that crazy guy down in FLORIDA. My wife bought a 2023 2500 ram and I’m getting so damn worried about it going south on us. Lol. Great job. We are lucky to have a good mechanic here to fix things too.
That flushing is a win/win for everyone! I had a 1979 Ford LTD that I had to hang the dashboard from the seatbelt retractors. I finally dug out that heater core and I replaced it with an aluminum 4-seasons heater core. I would rather be beaten than change a heater core. GREAT VIDEO!
Awesome service savings a bunch of money for the owner. I love it when things are repaired (when possible) vs replaceing.. much more satisfaction imo.. Great job Eric..
You are one of the best TH-camrs! Best teacher, best electrical auto tech guy that I've ever watched. Instructive & entertaining. I wish I had your gift of trouble shooting. Greetings from the Old Jarhead in WNC.
While I was watching your excellent procedure it reminded me of my time with a '92 chev Lumina. I had found that after cleaning the cooling system in this manner ( I used the car's system as a circuit ) I found that the heat output diminished as the miles racked up, 5+ years. The internal friction plummeted ( good maint. & a flush ) and I had to resort to the correct partial block on the radiator in order to have the heat come back. It worked rather well but I had to be at the ready to remove the temporary blank in front of the rad at a moments' notice, and in traffic ! Cheers.
That pump is a Grundfos circulating pump used in residential hot water heating. A low head pump with minimal starting torque. Common to not start after sitting, like in the summer in a house. Hitting them usually starts them, next take off the cover and turn the impeller shaft if it has a screw slot. Last take the 4 screws off that hold the motor and turn the impeller by hand.
great job and great customer service as well. i haven't done a lot of heater cores but about 50% of the ones i have flushed started leaking shortly after the flush. it seems that sometimes when a flush is done it takes the junk that was plugging a hole and starts to leak. don't do it all of the time but it was always on my mind when i was asked to do a flush. but good job on this one and helping the lady out.
I remember seeing this years ago on this channel and trying it, in the hopes that my heater core was ok. Sadly, it’s wasn’t. I can understand why you try to avoid replacing the core, if possible. What a PIA. The only thing I liked better about the first video where I saw Eric do this, was that he showed all the gunk that was coming out of the heater core, which was pretty nice to see.
WOW .. yea that was one hell of a result. Seems like the new cars have a more compact heater core maybe ? Have to save that 5 cents and shrink the heater core pathways down and what not.. just seems to be a constant thing and it never makes anything better .. just more failures. awesome job. Love ya brother !
Eric something you must do with that pump every time you prime it is to burp the pump. Crack that big screw to let the air trapped under the screw out. It will keep the motor running cooler no matter how hot the water gets. Also get you some spare o-rings for that big screw. I have had the o-ring fail when the pump was burped for the first time because it was dry. Not burping the pump will lead to pump failure.
The circulator pumps come with cast iron or bronze/stainless steel impellers. The bronze/stainless ones are for open loop heating systems, rarer in the USA, but might last longer if not being taken care of with some air and wd40 between uses…
Glad to see Dodge still has @rapy heater cores. had a 96 jeep cherokee. Once a year had to flush the heater core except I used cleaning vinegar . I would use hose to flush then fill system with vinegar let sit for an hour and flush out. Worked great.
I replaced the heater core once in a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Oh boy that was a fun one, the whole dash, steering column, center console all had to come out, plus reclaim and recharge the A/C system too because the whole HVAC box comes out in one unit. Once out, the heater core is simple to replace, just slides into a slot. That one wasn't plugged, it was leaking like a sieve, even had coolant pouring out of the A/C drain.
I've flushed a few cores with just the hose reversing flow a few times and it seems to work okay, but not everyone. The muck inside is to greasy and thick to clean out 100%. But CLR is good idea. Using the small cans of engine flush or radiator flush and running the engine is mediocre at best. Ingenuity is a great way to test things. Glad you saved this lady $$$$$. The free publicity and word of mouth recommendations of your great work, keeps food on the table and the lights on !!!!! Excellent work Eric, my MAGA hat is off to you, then back on again !!!!! Haven't seen Luna in a while, heard her Meow a few videos back. Santa knows if you have been nice, as well as Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates !!!! They know that - "You Da Man " Eric !!!! On to the next job !!!!
Eric. Stabil makes a spray for pressure washers to lubricate seals and winterize it. Try spraying some of that stuff in your recirculating pump. Stuff works great. I enjoy your videos. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs. O.
Before they invented cancer ~30 years ago you could get a cooling system flush that cleaned the heater core pretty well, but it wasn't biodegradable. I used to hang the pump on the ridge of the bucket and it usually primed itself. Having two equal length hoses often makes it easier to switch flow direction at the bucket than at the heater core.
If you use tap water you can put in a Teaspoon of TSP to take care of the hardness in the water so it doesn't clog up . This is what we used in boilers to keep the minerals sticking to the tubes .
In Australia, the term "needs a heater" means it's leaking on the carpet. And the times we need a heater in my state is for about 2 weeks of the year. That's a good fix. Keep up the good work
Fun fact, Cascade dish washer detergent will destroy the little seals where the pipes join the heater core tank. Some are a crimped fitting there. Needless to say I learned the hard way. Twice.
Not sure it matters but you can get a grit guard for a few bucks and it will cause all the particles to stay at the bottom of the bucket and not be recirculated through the system. Detailers use them in wash buckets to filter out dirt that causes fine scratches.
Hard to believe now, but when I worked in a repair shop in the city, we just dumped city water into radiators and batteries. It was certainly safe for human consumption, but I'm sure it had plenty of minerals in it. Older tractors had a decal right on the battery box calling for distilled water, or next best- rain water.
So glad to see a mechanic so happy about saving a customer money. It's so fun to see their face as you tell them that the flush worked. Fun to tell them it didn't work that well. Instead, it worked fantastically!
If he's anything like me he would rather do almost anything than rip an entire dash apart to deal with a heater core even if you dont make much money doing it!!
@@curtisroberts9137 #facts
@SouthMainAuto a little bit of my soul dies every time a heater core flush fails. 😭😭😂😂
I have a heater core flush waiting for me tomorrow morning I hope it works 😭
@firstlast--- poor bastard. 😬 May good have mercy on your soul! 😀
Great job Eric. The people in your town are extremely blessed to have you as a resource. : - )
Mrs O!! He's playing with the water gun again!!! 😂😂
"They're cheap! They're on Amazon! Dammit. I think it might be dead."
We've ALL been there!
Back in the late '80s I worked for a guy laying hardwood floors, and he had a worn-out old box truck with no heat. Early one winter morning we found ourselves at a jobsite an hour or so early, so we basically had to sit in the truck and shiver while we waited for the homeowner to show up and open the property for us. After about twenty minutes I talked him into shutting the truck off and letting me swap the heater hoses. Five minutes later we had all the heat we could ask for. Of course, a week later the heater core ruptured and filled the floor of the truck with nasty brown water, but that's another story.
So that old box truck was probably a 1970 something or maybe even a 1960 something. Back in the day swapping out a heater core was much easier, lots of space on those simple old trucks. Today you practically have to remove the dash.
@@thermalreboot If memory serves, the heater core was in a long black plastic box under the dash that was easily accessible without removing any other part of the truck's interior.
The difference between an honest mechanic, and a parts replacer. Always looking to help the customer save a buck and still get the job done right. Top notch my guy
I didn't use CLR, but just flushed my 2015 Ram 2500 at about 100,000 miles and got back heat on the right side of my cab. This was all before SMA! Great practical knowledge to help us!! Thank you Mr O.
The trick is you have to flush it good before parts of the core get completely jammed, otherwise the CLR just flows thru those parts of the core that aren't clogged up, and the CLR just bypasses the solidly plugged tubes.
Here we go again taking care of your customers and saving them money! Way to go Mr. O.! Merry Christmas to you and Mrs. O and the family! ♥
@19:32 the reason those don't work is, the heater core passages are all in parallel, and what ends up happening is half of the tubes get completely clogged, and when you flush it, you're sending all the CLR/water thru the half of the core that isn't plugged, but the rest get so jammed up nothing can be forced thru the clogged ones because the water/CLR/air will just take the path of least resistance. Sure, you could pull out the heater core and take the plastic tanks off and manually clean it, but the labor is so horrendous you'd be an idiot to not install a new one "While you're really deep in there". Because even if you could clean it, it could still leak two weeks later and you get the dreaded comeback, "Customer states smelly green water on the floor mats"
Your joy for your customer is great to see.....keep on truckin, thanks for sharing.
Nothing gets me hotter than a good SMA video, complete with part numbers and straightforward mechanic stuff.
Yay! Another win for the customer courtesy of Mr O! So glad that you were able to restore her heat and save her a few bucks in the process. You are a good man Mr O, and that's why most of us are here.
Another great job Eric! You saved her $2000! Had a 2007 Dodge ram, and was quoted $2,500 for a new heater core. Core cost $50, the rest in labor to tear the inside down to the firewall!
Thank you Eric for being a top notch mech. The best I have seen in 25 years.
"Robota"
Eric got that pump off the internet so perhaps It Lost its Amazon Prime LOL😂🚘🇨🇦
😂😂😂
Learned something new from you Eric. Many don’t have a clue about how to use generally speaking simple methods to solve or at least try to solve a problem. Nice work. I saw my friend “Henry” my former mechanic last week who is now suffering with Parkinson ‘s and back injuries caused him to have to sell his shop. Always tried to give the customer the best possible experience with a detailed description and explanation on what he recommended. Great person and family man like you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from down South in New Orleans.
In Idaho now... but lived in Westwego and then bought our very first house in Lafitte. Just a few houses down from the bridge at Rosethorn Park. Lived there for 8 years before transferring to Alaska. USCG.
A plethora of new South Main Auto videos, must be Christmas, oh wait! I hope you and the family have a great Christmas! Thanks for another year of great entertainment!
Whoo hoo-- 3 videos in 2 days, I love it. Keep the videos coming, as always great job!!!😊
Damn Eric.... You are the man.... love how you can help out someone that cant afford the major repairs by looking for the best way
I love methods like this. Something that anyone can do, and it might save a costly repair. It's worth a shot!
Eric you're a Master mechanic that can fix things both in and outside the box!
80% of the time, it works every time.
Must be a YOGI BERRA QUOTE..LOL 😅
It works 100% on the 80% it works on
@CraigGrant-sh3in very true LOL 😆
Here we go again, fixing things that used to last for many years without a problem. They just keep making things, smaller and cheaper. Of course, the up side is that it keeps you in business. This is another reason to keep your coolant flushed, and whatever you do, don't believe any of the Lifetime Coolant crap that the manufactures spew. Another good and honest job by a true professional !
Here again you put your customer first. You did a great service for the lady. Other shops would have just said it's a bad core and hit her for a lot of money. Mister O keep being fair. You and Mrs O have a very merry Christmas and new year.
When a mechanic is honest and likes to sleep at night with a clean conscience this is the man , BIG MR O !
Im pretty sure another shop would've sell to the customer a new heater core and end up doing that same procedure and charge her for a new heater core job
Ty Mr O , you are the man 👌
Brings back memories. The first ever auto repair I went with my dad to some radiator place to have his 70ish Impala heater core and radiator flushed out. I remember the tons of crap that came out and thought to myself they need to do better than that - referring to the all the crap floating around in that system.
Not only an excellent mechanic but honest. It's refreshing to see a mechanic who actually knows how to diagnose but helps customers save money where he can.
Good repair - I can feel the heat through my screen.
in the spirit of Christmas, Mr O I have sent $20 to help this lady out. Thanks for being a blessing!
I had issues with my 07 torrents heater core and I ended up replacing it myself- now I know why its almost a double digit hour job. They can never make it simple.
Get a 1972 ford LTD two screws from under hood lift out, install new one done 15 minute job. 😊
Good for you Eric, as this world becomes more difficult, a LOT of people are going to needs guys like you, where money is not your biggest concern. You seem to always be there to help those in need. If there was a Heaven, you would probably have a ticket in.
Late 90’s or early 2000 I had a ‘94 caravan with plugged core. Tried the fast flush method but never got hot. My local rad shop guy told me to try muriatic acid but warned me not to leave it too long. Worked perfect. We all know no matter what method or chemical used , leaving too long can open up a mess of issues or rather , the heater core starts to leak or any other weak part in the system.
I did this to a 15 ram truck after watching an older video. It worked great. I learn lots of tricks from your videos. Thanks
Ain't nothin better than sittin down with yer dinner and seein some new sma vids pop up. Actually there probably are some better things, but this still makes me happy 😁
You can just lift the bucket, the pump should prime on it's own
Eric you sure like those Frankenstein projects.😂😂😂😂😂
Consistently Exceeding the Customers Expectations. Who wouldn’t be Happy with Solid Results ? Keep Up the Strong 💪 Efforts, Eric, and Thanks. 👍🙏
Glad it worked for you. I’ve put Don dishwasher detergent in one and let it circulate through the system and used my pressure washer it worked perfect also used it in a plugged radiator cleaned it out as well
2010 Dodge Journey doesn’t look too bad for its age. 👍
Great customer service from the friendly neighborhood technician and diagnostic Dr. O and saving the customers money! God bless y'all and Merry Christmas!
Happy customer, happy mechanic. Win/win. Happy viewers too, so it's a WWW!
Strange to me, I noticed bubbles coming from the bottom of the bucket @ 10:45 into the VJO. Made me wonder what was percolating. Well, never a dull moment at SMA. Wanna thank you Eric. You have a gift, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video Eric. Another job well done.
Interesting video. Nice to see a tech who realizes that sometimes it’s tough to come up with the money for car repair and we have to go the route of less cost.
Great job, @South Main Auto LLC. I always learn something new from you each vid I watch!
I've seen a couple of your videos on heater core flushing and the results are terrific for the customer. Nice going!
I keep watching you and that crazy guy down in FLORIDA. My wife bought a 2023 2500 ram and I’m getting so damn worried about it going south on us. Lol. Great job. We are lucky to have a good mechanic here to fix things too.
Very satisfying seeing you flush the crud out of it, much less labor intense, and very satisfying. CLR infusion was genius.
That flushing is a win/win for everyone! I had a 1979 Ford LTD that I had to hang the dashboard from the seatbelt retractors. I finally dug out that heater core and I replaced it with an aluminum 4-seasons heater core. I would rather be beaten than change a heater core. GREAT VIDEO!
Awesome service savings a bunch of money for the owner. I love it when things are repaired (when possible) vs replaceing.. much more satisfaction imo.. Great job Eric..
Great video Eric, you treat your customers with respect which is hard to find nowadays!
You are one of the best TH-camrs! Best teacher, best electrical auto tech guy that I've ever watched. Instructive & entertaining. I wish I had your gift of trouble shooting. Greetings from the Old Jarhead in WNC.
Amazing work and attitude Dr. O!
So cool you posted a video on Sunday. Made my day. Thanks Eric.
While I was watching your excellent procedure it reminded me of my time with a '92 chev Lumina. I had found that after cleaning the cooling system in this manner ( I used the car's system as a circuit ) I found that the heat output diminished as the miles racked up, 5+ years. The internal friction plummeted ( good maint. & a flush ) and I had to resort to the correct partial block on the radiator in order to have the heat come back. It worked rather well but I had to be at the ready to remove the temporary blank in front of the rad at a moments' notice, and in traffic ! Cheers.
The Works toilet bowl cleaner works too.
That pump is a Grundfos circulating pump used in residential hot water heating. A low head pump with minimal starting torque. Common to not start after sitting, like in the summer in a house. Hitting them usually starts them, next take off the cover and turn the impeller shaft if it has a screw slot. Last take the 4 screws off that hold the motor and turn the impeller by hand.
Great as always Mr 'O'....always there to help others...
Glad to see you worked outside the normal repairs to give your customer a cheaper possible solution for a older car.
great job and great customer service as well. i haven't done a lot of heater cores but about 50% of the ones i have flushed started leaking shortly after the flush. it seems that sometimes when a flush is done it takes the junk that was plugging a hole and starts to leak. don't do it all of the time but it was always on my mind when i was asked to do a flush. but good job on this one and helping the lady out.
Good save on the old Dodge. Nice to help out someone who does not have much in resources.
Great Job Eric!
I remember seeing this years ago on this channel and trying it, in the hopes that my heater core was ok. Sadly, it’s wasn’t. I can understand why you try to avoid replacing the core, if possible. What a PIA. The only thing I liked better about the first video where I saw Eric do this, was that he showed all the gunk that was coming out of the heater core, which was pretty nice to see.
Mr. old and Mrs. O and family you all rock keep on keeping on
Sorry Eric, I meant Mr. O not old
WOW .. yea that was one hell of a result. Seems like the new cars have a more compact heater core maybe ? Have to save that 5 cents and shrink the heater core pathways down and what not.. just seems to be a constant thing and it never makes anything better .. just more failures. awesome job. Love ya brother !
Eric something you must do with that pump every time you prime it is to burp the pump. Crack that big screw to let the air trapped under the screw out. It will keep the motor running cooler no matter how hot the water gets. Also get you some spare o-rings for that big screw. I have had the o-ring fail when the pump was burped for the first time because it was dry. Not burping the pump will lead to pump failure.
That is what I call a huge success. Merry Christmas.
haha...When you mentioned blend doors. Made me chuckle.
Three South Main Auto vids back to back. I’m gonna have to calm down for a while now or I’ll never get to sleep tonight. Knob Creek? Yup!
I’ve used CLR in my copper core radiators and they come out looking like new. Great stuff for maintaining your old cars cooling system.
The circulator pumps come with cast iron or bronze/stainless steel impellers. The bronze/stainless ones are for open loop heating systems, rarer in the USA, but might last longer if not being taken care of with some air and wd40 between uses…
You're a good man. Thanks for posting
Glad to see Dodge still has @rapy heater cores. had a 96 jeep cherokee. Once a year had to flush the heater core except I used cleaning vinegar . I would use hose to flush then fill system with vinegar let sit for an hour and flush out. Worked great.
Another great SMA repair.
Great result. Last step of the procedure should be a pressure test to make sure the system hold pressure and you didn't blow a hole in the core
I learned something new I haven’t heard of using CLR radiator and heater core flush awesome 👍🏻
Eric O looking out for the little little guys or gals. Appreciate you dude
I replaced the heater core once in a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Oh boy that was a fun one, the whole dash, steering column, center console all had to come out, plus reclaim and recharge the A/C system too because the whole HVAC box comes out in one unit. Once out, the heater core is simple to replace, just slides into a slot. That one wasn't plugged, it was leaking like a sieve, even had coolant pouring out of the A/C drain.
Eric O LOL! always enjoy your videos, sir.
Nice one Eric .the lady will be well pleased 👍👍👍
I've flushed a few cores with just the hose reversing flow a few times and it seems to work okay, but not everyone. The muck inside is to greasy and thick to clean out 100%. But CLR is good idea. Using the small cans of engine flush or radiator flush and running the engine is mediocre at best. Ingenuity is a great way to test things. Glad you saved this lady $$$$$. The free publicity and word of mouth recommendations of your great work, keeps food on the table and the lights on !!!!! Excellent work Eric, my MAGA hat is off to you, then back on again !!!!! Haven't seen Luna in a while, heard her Meow a few videos back. Santa knows if you have been nice, as well as Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates !!!! They know that - "You Da Man " Eric !!!! On to the next job !!!!
I bought the pump several years ago from your channel works good
Eric. Stabil makes a spray for pressure washers to lubricate seals and winterize it. Try spraying some of that stuff in your recirculating pump. Stuff works great. I enjoy your videos. Merry Christmas to you and Mrs. O.
WRST..."the rust". LOL. Coming to you direct from the PRNJ!
Love the Slimy feel of Caustic + Flesh.
Yay for CLR. Seems to work like a charm.
Merry Christmas to you and Mrs. O
The best car channel
You are going to make it to a million subs this year Eric
Before they invented cancer ~30 years ago you could get a cooling system flush that cleaned the heater core pretty well, but it wasn't biodegradable.
I used to hang the pump on the ridge of the bucket and it usually primed itself. Having two equal length hoses often makes it easier to switch flow direction at the bucket than at the heater core.
If you use tap water you can put in a Teaspoon of TSP to take care of the hardness in the water so it doesn't clog up . This is what we used in boilers to keep the minerals sticking to the tubes .
My days as Pepsi service tech we used vise grip pinch off pliers. Worked great.
Upstate NY, gave me a whole new perspective on NY😍
I’m here in the comments to sign up. Does that make sense? You crack me up. Love the channel miss the day in shop videos.
In Australia, the term "needs a heater" means it's leaking on the carpet.
And the times we need a heater in my state is for about 2 weeks of the year.
That's a good fix. Keep up the good work
Fun fact, Cascade dish washer detergent will destroy the little seals where the pipes join the heater core tank. Some are a crimped fitting there. Needless to say I learned the hard way. Twice.
Not sure it matters but you can get a grit guard for a few bucks and it will cause all the particles to stay at the bottom of the bucket and not be recirculated through the system. Detailers use them in wash buckets to filter out dirt that causes fine scratches.
Merry Christmas great job love your videos
Yea, you're awesome!
Hard to believe now, but when I worked in a repair shop in the city, we just dumped city water into radiators and batteries. It was certainly safe for human consumption, but I'm sure it had plenty of minerals in it.
Older tractors had a decal right on the battery box calling for distilled water, or next best- rain water.