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From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
> Had the engine rebuilt.
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> Apparently the water passages of the block weren't
> cleaned. Thought it was boiled, but maybe not.
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> So the water I put in turned bright brown with Rust
> and I'm at 600 miles now.
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> Someone else in the garage today said that there was
> some remedy such as 4 table spoons of Borax into the
> radiator, so I'm here to hear about old wives tales on
> this. Aside from new coolant, anything else to abate
> the rust particulates that are going into suspension
> in the coolant, presumably out of the water jackets in
> the block?
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> New radiator, pump, hoses and everything else...
> Used, freshly rebuilt 1970 440 block, obviously.
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> By the way:
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> I researched this REPAIR by clicking on that button on
> the club website and then clicking on COOLING SYSTEM
> and there are no apparent remedies besides flushing
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> Any thoughts appreciated if not acted upon.
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> Kenyon Wills
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