12-03-2021, 12:53 PM
thanks for the encouragement, and the pointers.
I'm pretty much resigned to a recore or replacement (the filler neck is missing from the header tank, so if I can source a replacement that's preferable!).
But as a last ditch I was going to get this
https://www.smithandallan.com/products/i...fin-based/
(useful to have around anyway, and I need to order some other oils from them) and fill the rad, and leave it for a few days, warming periodically - it needs to soak right through the blocked bits, though I'm sceptical....
I could try the more expensive things...... I hate buying "specially formulated" stuff, as it's often something totally standard with a posh badge on, though possibly not this time.
I'm pretty much resigned to a recore or replacement (the filler neck is missing from the header tank, so if I can source a replacement that's preferable!).
But as a last ditch I was going to get this
https://www.smithandallan.com/products/i...fin-based/
(useful to have around anyway, and I need to order some other oils from them) and fill the rad, and leave it for a few days, warming periodically - it needs to soak right through the blocked bits, though I'm sceptical....
I could try the more expensive things...... I hate buying "specially formulated" stuff, as it's often something totally standard with a posh badge on, though possibly not this time.