bought a second hand ast, dirty inside

[chrisJDM]

bought a second hand aluminium ast of unknown make, recieved it today, all looked fine, took the cap off and its very dirty inside, looksl like mud, not that much but im sure its not meant ot be there

cap seems fine and seals well, is there anything i should be worried bout? can i literally just give it a good clean out and it should be ok?

[Aubec]

Just sludge from the coolant in the donor car - just clean it out.

Its not unusual for there to be a bit of silty stuff in the coolant if its not been changed for a while - or if they\'ve every user Kalimex or similar leak repair stuff - which might be a worry for the owner of the engine, but not for you.

[chrisJDM]

thanks :cheers

[m1tch]

Plus give it a polish, a polished AST gives an extra 50bhp

[chrisJDM]

its fitted now all cleaned and sorta polished a bit (im too lazy to spend to much time on it) took it for a quick drive and seems ot be fine :Thumbsup!

[MaLicE]

i always like putting metal parts through my mums dish washer lol!

i remember sticking a renault 5 gtt carb through it... thought i had got away with it until she opened the dishwasher and was asking why it smelt of petrol lol!

[chrisJDM]

blimey i could never get away with that i would be killed and fed to the dog lol

[RobMatthews]

you on the road yet?

[chrisJDM]

sort of..............nearly..............not really lol

still need to sort out mot and tax, and also when dave is ready do the manual conversion :Thumbsup!

[captainbizzaro]

i always like putting metal parts through my mums dish washer lol!

i remember sticking a renault 5 gtt carb through it... thought i had got away with it until she opened the dishwasher and was asking why it smelt of petrol lol!

My old man did that with bits from his motoX bike once-never laughed so much as I did when my mum went to unload it:Giggle