Coca-Cola Coolant Flush! Will it work? Will the heater in my Matiz be warm again?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2021
- Can Coca-Cola Zero cure the feeble heater in my 1999 Daewoo Matiz? At a couple of quid a bottle (no cheap cola in my local shop it seems!) it certainly isn't a very expensive way to find out.
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The question on everyone's lips, did the oil leak return?
I haven't really driven her far enough to know yet. Looks dry, but needs a lengthy, spirited drive to really confirm. I will report back.
Now add some Mentos to the expansion tank :D
have to use diet coke for that though! would be epic!
Jet-propelled Matiz!
@@JamesAllmond I thought that Coke Zero was the same stuff!?
@@JamesAllmond Any carbonated beverage works, just not as well. You could do a pressure test as well!
The video should be captioned ‘man ordered rocker cover gasket. Looses it, orders another, then doesn’t need either’.
"Its reassuringly Welsh today" .....I love this channel!
"The hubnut bucket of success" lol
ah but what is the blue bucket?
I see a new line in merch coming along in the future
I genuinely chuckled out loud at that bit. 😀
When I worked at McDonald's, many years ago, we used diet coke to clean the grill to great effect.
It's also good for unblocking drains! ⚠️😯😁
_"grate effect"_ I see what you did 😁
@@ferrumignis Ooh !
@@ferrumignis actually that was unintentional 😅
Can you drink it ?
Watches video, mentally congratulates Ian on his success and vows to never drink cola again
"Welcome to the joy that is my life" I know the feeling don't worry 🤣
There is something so joyously calming about your tinkering videos. Keep them coming.
Those disused washing machines in the background would tempt me to throw a brick in them like PhotonicInduction did.
@VWestlife Now this is something to see how can we get a colab??? Both of you keep up the good work.
I miss Andy. He did say he was coming back but never arrived. Bricks are the best thing for any washing machine that is too well balanced. :-)
Many moons ago, I had a British-assembled Austin A55 Deluxe - a lovely old car that I regret selling on....but anyway - and it had an overheating issue and any temperature above ambient from its heater was also non-existent. My Dad used to brew his own beer and one particular brew had not aged like it should. In fact it built up so much fizz in the glass bottles that several had exploded before the six month aging period was up. The beer in the remaining bottles was undrinkable unless you enjoyed the taste of a mouthful of baking soda and shouting out the name of our lord and saviour in between coughing and trying to get your breath back. "Nasty" was the nicest thing that was said about the ill-fated "Brew #14".
However, quite by accident we did find it had one redeeming feature - it could remove impurities from - and actually polish - metal surfaces, if left in contact for 15 minutes. Dad then had the brain wave that this may solve the overheating issue in the A55. So, the old cooling fluid was drained and in went 8 x 750ml bottles of the brew. I fired the old girl up and to help move the stuff around the cooling system and warm her up, I took her our for a short run in the country. It didn't take long for the temp needle to climb over normal and the odd puff of steam to appear from under the bonnet (presumably from the overflow hose that used to look like a boiling kettle at the time). A rather acrid aromatic mix of yeast and hot metal filled the cabin and followed the A55 around the block. So strong it was that I truly wondered if I was going to be pulled over for driving a drunken vehicle!
We let her sit for several hours after I got her home and let this small brown sludgy puddle form under the overflow pipe while she hissed and burped in her cooling-down cycle. I was quite worried about what I was going to find when I came out after dinner, but Dad seemed happy enough. We lifted the bonnet - no leaks - and drained the system again and flushed it well. The amount of black and dark orange sludge that came out the pipes was very impressive and looked like the entire contents of the heater and radiator's internals had melted! A milestone also happened in that for the first time ever, water came out of the heater hoses and if you looked in the top of the radiator, the copper / brass header tank shone so well it was almost mirror-like and every hole was clean and open! I pulled the thermostat cover - now polished aluminium inside- and looked at the cast iron in the head under the thermostat - it was without a trace of rusty sediment and looked like the day it left the factory, I reckon.
I put the thermostat back, filled her with coolant and fired her up. Not only did she never overheat again, the heater was never on hot for long in the winter as it worked too well for the Auckland climate! Brew 14 was used on a couple of other blocked cooling systems after that before the last of the bottles blew itself out of existence. It might not have been drinkable, but it was a brilliant "natural" cooling system restorer!
Perfect lunchtime entertainment and education - thanks Ian!
So nice to see a normal retro car getting some love 🤩
I like my Coke with a drop rum of bit of ice🇯🇲🌴
How satisfying to see a successful fix!
Lovely to see the stuff working, very interesting
I’ve got to do a coolant flush on my V5 so thanks Ian for the heads up with the Coca-Cola but being cheap skate I’m going for Lidl’s finest.
I do love how you show how you repair your cars and show the common mistakes that we all make along the way and the only difference when I repair cars is I use a lot more Tourette’s when I scrape my knuckles as you seem to have the patience of a saint.
Your channel is great mate.
Good result ! Well done !
Brilliant video Ian glad your heater is blowing hot
Great fun as always mix of Frank Spencer and basil fawlty. Keep up the great vids 👍
Great result achieved in a hub nut manner.
Peace and love brother 👍🏻☮❤
Well done Ian, there’s nothing like a success story!
nice to see Health and Safety at the workplace
*A place I used to work at gave out free drinks from the machine, so I'd often get a cup of Coke and leave it on my desk full of small items that I wanted cleaning, badges, old coins, spanners etc. Useful stuff.*
Interesting to see. I once cured an oil leak the same way on my Rover SD1 2600S. I have used Coca Cola to clean chrome.
nice one ian! i love it when a cheap fix works :-)
Can't beat a bit of warmth in winter, a hubnut success, 😁👍
The Hubnut bucket of success, love it!
I was just waiting for the trip with the hose, maybe need to invest in a reel 😋
'In this episode Myrtle becomes a Coke addict.' All is warm and cozy inside once more. There's no better feeling especially on a Cold day.
I remember my old Opel Monza that had a naff heater, I took off the two pipes to the heater matrix then put a bit of pipe back on one of the matrix inlet pipes & blocked off the other, the bit of pipe I then jammed under the wiper arm & stuck a funnel on it, I then "borrowed" some industrial strength descaler from work, chucked about a pint of it down the pipe then topped it up with hot water & left it overnight, flushed it out the next day & it got tons of crap out & it certainly sorted out my heater.
The hose performance and its attempts to injure you coupled with the misaligned bucket placement = peak HubNut
Never actually believed in the cola trick before but now I’ve actually seen it done I’m amazed it works.
Warming vid in clammy winter times!
Spring is coming👍
Back flushing the cooling matrix can help this, I done mind before with your standard garden hose.
Good to see things starting to go right :)
Much as I love watching the progress of your fleet I'd really love to see something happening with the Sierras! Reminds me of the woman that was pregnant for about 4 years in the intro to Cagney and Lacey..
This is pure Hubnut.Ian your a star
Love it when a job goes to plan. Mine so rarely do ........so I don't bother planning anymore.
Brill video keep up the good work just got my son a Daewoo Matiz se plus on a 02 plate hes loves it said he seen you with one and wanted one hes sais it better then his old fiat seicento going get him some hudnut bits for his birthday
Hi Ian,job well done 👍 nice and easy to will no problems
Great video Had the same problem on your favourite car many years ago Mk6 escort Had to keep on tightening rocker cover bolts Apparently was a common fault on the escort as well as another 99 other faults The cola you flushed the system with 'Was it the real Thing '
Trying the same thing on my Austin Maxi straight after watching this (same problem, overheating system yet lukewarm air from heater), fingers crossed but certainly feeling more confident knowing Hubnut has done it first
Cracking tinkering video as always, and intresting to hear that Coca Cola has helped a bit. Come Christmas Myrtle will be singing "Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming"
Dishwasher tablets work a treat. Had to use them on a diesel passat when it injected the oil to water via a cracked oil cooler 😂
Well done 👏 . A cup of hot brown well deserved.
Well done Ian 👍
Brings a whole new meaning to have a COKE and a SMILE HI Miss Hub Nut 😁😁
Brilliant! My Merc Vito 638 has no heat at all! The heater dial has no resistance, so I am thinking broken cable! We have got used to wearing wooley hats, gloves and taking hot water bottles wherever we go! I will sort this when I have time! Thanks for the cola tip!
More jobs ticked off the list..... and massive improvements all round. :)
Yay.
Great video..... very informative (and entertaining)as always.
Glad to see the bucket of success in use again. Maybe keep it close doing other difficult jobs.
Wow I couldn't make sense of all this till I saw it!
I thought would see Myrtle sent for the scrap heap!
Good Young Ones reference - love it
Hooray for Myrtle the Matiz!! She can now keep Ian nice & toasty warm inside thanks to a bottle of Coke Cola & some water. Now Elly can enjoy the rest of the winter inside the unit.
NIce one Ian, I didn"t know that one . I've seen a lot of Tricks over the Years but never seen CocaCola clean a Matrix, mine blew up on the Motorway and when I Finally got home the Headgasket was gone as well, this because I wasn't a member of the ANWB (AA in England) . My car was a VW Passat , Volkswagen are known for getting clogged up even the VW Bora of 2005 1.8 engine. Greetings from The Netherlands
will try this with the heat exchanger on my boiler
I love these state of the art vids :)
thanks for the tip
In the 1970's on Granada Reports they drained the engine oil of a Cortina. Refilled it with CocaCola and went for a big ride around Manchester. 70 odd miles they did with out any trouble.
Careful and considered use of caustic soda will fix most blocked heaters.
Everyone's experience with Hozelok. And the gasket.
Excelsior!
Nice job, Ian. You're doing well with these additive type fixes. If you have any coca cola left over, you can use it with a bit of aluminium foil and help shine up your rusty bumpers. I did a quick throwaway video on it. It's turned out to be far and away the most popular one I have done! All the best, Mart in Solihull.
love that V8 Ford :)
When draining the water system you need the thermostat open or you won't get a full flush.
And the heater as well.
@@jfv65 most modern heaters are open circuit to the water 100% of the time anyway and heat & airflow all dictated by air flaps. Older, much older cars think classic BMC A&B series motors had a physical water valve to stop flow to the heater matrix.
@@sonofplato Plenty of moderns have a coolant valve as well, usually electrically operated.
Ford ka?
@@ferrumignis They certainly were on a BMW E34 - you could see the valves for passenger and driver at the front.
Love this Coca Cola trick!! :D
Dad used Coca Cola as coolant, because it was only liquid we had in the car at that moment.
It was an holiday trip with Volvo 244 GL D6 towing caravan in sparsely populated eastern-Finland at the end of 80's or early 90's 😄
Another cracking video 👍🏾
Dissolved dishwasher tablets is also a thing that work great for flushing cooling systems, let the engine get nice and hot before flushing and repeat if needed. Some tablets can be a bit harsh on aluminum so it's a good idea to rinse flush the system a couple of times with distilled water before refilling with the propper antifreeze.
I discovered this trick last year on an amazingly sludged up XUD9 engine, works perfectly.
@@yammyhundred467 Did this myself on the 2H engine in my Land Cruiser two years ago, it took a few times before the water was clean.
I also bought a new radiator but since this trick worked so well i have been driving around with the new radiator in the boot for the last two years :D
I would paint the Daewoo M-Tec lettering on the rocker cover bright red. That would look quite cool.
Nice one Ian.When a man can still laugh at himself there is hope for humanity!!!!!!
From what I recall of Wales warm clothing is Paramount. As to be without, can lead to Exposure or Death..!
4 Seasons in one Day not being uncommon.
Where as in New South Wales one can be a little more Cavarlier with ones Attire..!
Heater fixed in Real Wales is a bonus for sure..!!
Coca Cola Rad Flush ( No Sugar ) sounds like a plan..!!
Cheers kim 😎
In days gone by, I've seen fizzy pop poured into the bellhousing of rally cars to try and clean oil off a slipping clutch. I believe kitchen scouring powder works too.
somebody might have mentioned it already but if not, a dishwasher tablet broken up and dissolved in a jug of water, added to the cooling system works wonders, get engine hot, it will degrease and clean it out, drain as usual and its just grey water so not harmful. I used to repair Rover K Series gaskets, its a good clean up solution!
The bit with you handling the water hose reminds me of the scene with Jeremy Clarkson and James May in Top Gear 😂
I cured an oil leek the same way on my Rover SD1 2600S. I use Coca Cola to clean chrome.
Thanks for another entertaining video.
One thing I notice in my old 3 pot Fabia is that the modern coolant used (which I'd guess doesn't have water in it, and which I am not supposed to top it up with water) doesn't ever get mucky with rusty deposits - which presumably means the engine/radiator/heater/waterpump are not rusting away from the inside and maybe don't need flushing either. My water cooled motorbike is much the same. The cooling/heating system seems very reliable too, in stark contrast to cars I had back in the 1970s.
I wonder if the Radweld isn't entirely to blame for the sludge - when new she may have had Dexcool, being a GM-adjacent vehicle. Horrible stuff, turns into solid mud if left long enough.
Well done Ian, glad the fix worked!
This is so much like Norman wisdom - had me in stitches. 😂
Very well done. I really liked this video a lot.
It seems to me that the little flow back into the tank isn't that constant. Even on idle it should be, after being properly bled, a bit more steadily. Perhaps it might me the water pump that is making the hissing noises.
EDIT: with the coolant itself it worked perfectly, cool!
Cheers from belgium.
Radweld and other products like it are very good for plugging heater cores
agreed I've had a couple of radweld nightmares, so far I've done ok with K-Seal but maybe I've just been lucky ...
The best receptacle for oil and coolant changes is a cat litter tray.
Preferably without the cat!
I disagree, the best receptacle is a tesco carpark 👍
Kitchen sink bowl for coolant.
@@johnmoruzzi7236 that's a good one too. But low slung front bumpers means you'd always need ramps or stands to get it underneath. Litter tray helps create an easier, faster process in my experience.
Hub Nut, the UK equivalent of Vice Grip Garage! Love them both.
Ian, do you watch Vice Grip garage?
A good result; personally I hate being cold and I'm always surprised when I see someone in short sleeves driving in February.
Do the less accessible bolts on the back of the rocker cover not need tightening too?
"Some of its even going in the bucket" literally me every time I do an oil or coolant change. Even the standing back and contemplating
Lol hole in my shoe. Me n my neighbour love that song. Put it on when we’re getting swallyd 😂
Great job, Ian. Glad Myrtle is a happy camper. A word of caution. Since you don't know why the liquid weld was put into the cooling system, watch out for leaks! Years ago a friend had a 74 Oldsmobile Delta 88 sedan with the Oldsmobile 350 (5.7 litre) V8. The block cracked around 100,000 miles. He used a can of "Barz Leak" to see what would happen. Each time the cooling system got flushed, he had to add another tin of it, but the engine was still going strong when the body of the car rotted to the point of being dangerously weak. It then had 187,000 miles on it. The Barz Leak never caused any trouble with the heater, even at -40 degrees, Celsius or Fahrenheit, take your pick. Bloody cold either way since they are the same.
Also, some cars, notably Chesler LH cars with the V6, come from the factory with stop leak in the cooling systems and it must be replaced with every service if the cooling system. Great engineering, that.
I was waiting for the draining coolant to hit the bulb in the lead lamp and explode. I once bought a cam cover gasket for my Citroen ZX 1.4 only to discover very loose bolts! I fitted it anyway as it was only a 5 minute job on that engine.
I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. Top job.
Yay, warm tootsies again, result. Sulfamic acid is quite efficacious with coolant muck, not so hazardous and can be delivered as a powder, which is handy and economical.
Nice to see a double check that the car was not in gear when starting it on the Ramp's... ;-)
Repairing some previous HubNut bodgery , I’m glad to see normal vision has been resumed 😂
No Ian didn’t bodge it the first time around, someone else did it for him 😂
Nothing like a bit of back flush action ... lol Mr Hubnut
It's a bit of a misnomer that Radweld 'gunks' up the cooling system. Radweld is activated on contact with air. On a small cooling system leak the product will set onncontact with air sealing small holes in the system. The problem occurs when people mistreat their Radwelded coolant by exposing it to air, typically by draining the system for whatever reason and reusing the old Radweld coolant after it has been exposed to air, or by topping up a Radweld treated system with 'aerated' tap water instead od de-ionised water, thereby activating the Radweld before it has a leak to seal.
Ian......A large funnel to catch the draining fluids, and a smaller funnel for the refilling of fluids, would be reasonably cheap and save you a lot of clearing up of messes, mate. :)
The acid is also a Rust Convertor too.
Best way to get those horrible springy clips off is with mole grips I find! Plus you can adjust them to fit perfectly depending on how big the clip is.
I use a mole grip to move the spring clams
I've noticed most of the second hand parts and pattern parts I need nowadays are from Poland and Latvia.
Latvia is also the european hub for used maybach parts...
@@AlfaGiuliaQV Lol yeah I saw that on Hoovies, I commented the same thing there 🤣
Wouldn't it be a good idea to replace the thermostat too? This was an interesting and useful video. It is cheering when a job brings good results.
Mr HubNut wins the day this time.