Guest bull Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 My truck has been running a little hot and there is a smear of grease at the top of the radiator. Obviously I have been over greasing the water pump and some has found it's way in there. Has anyone had the same problem and worked out a way to clean it up without removing and flushing with fuel or a solvent? cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It could be water pump grease. If it's just a little bit I would just warm up the engine, shut it down and drain it after a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 There are radiator flushing compounds made for this. A little lye in water will cut grease if you can't find anything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platt-deutsch Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I quit putting grease in the water pump packing zerks. I simply put a bottle of Prestone water pump lube in the water each spring. I dump it for the winter storage.. The packings quit leaking also since I did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bull Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. Just for a laugh I always wondered why my truck seemed a little gutless, especially going uphill. Well I had a little brainstorm the other night.(You know about 2am sort of thing) So the result was I used a long screwdriver and depressed the accelerator while looking at the carby and found that fully depressed the carby only opened to about 1/2 to 3/4 of it's extent. Well by straightaning out the linkages I now get full throttle and can accelerate up hills for the first time ever for me. Not the brightest mechanic eh what!!!! cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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