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Not terribly effective.
It did clean off some surface rust, but not significantly enough to recommend it. The experience was borne of this thread for anyone not following it.
I ended up leaving it in the tank a little longer than initially planned (about 2 1/2 days) since I didn't time it well with my work schedule and it was cold out, so I figured after researching that without heat, more time would be better and wouldn't hurt anything. I would have dumped and flushed and added the second batch, but I didn't see enough of a difference (but some) to keep at it. I'll save that batch of Coke for cleaning my chrome - heard it works great.
Some rust dissipated, but not really enough IMO opinion to use it. Probably be great for a basic cleaning, followed by flushing with water, flushing the petcock, rinse, repeat, dump, rinse repeat, etc and drying with a hair dryer or heat gun. The good part is that it did remove and loosen some corrosion, cost very little and did no harm.
So it would have been a really cool story if it had worked, but since Coca Cola is often used for cleaning just about anything (phosphoric acid, ph of 2-3) I'm guessing many before me have tried it and it probably didn't work. Guess Coke still goes better with Jack than old gas and rust!
Not terribly effective.
It did clean off some surface rust, but not significantly enough to recommend it. The experience was borne of this thread for anyone not following it.
I ended up leaving it in the tank a little longer than initially planned (about 2 1/2 days) since I didn't time it well with my work schedule and it was cold out, so I figured after researching that without heat, more time would be better and wouldn't hurt anything. I would have dumped and flushed and added the second batch, but I didn't see enough of a difference (but some) to keep at it. I'll save that batch of Coke for cleaning my chrome - heard it works great.
Some rust dissipated, but not really enough IMO opinion to use it. Probably be great for a basic cleaning, followed by flushing with water, flushing the petcock, rinse, repeat, dump, rinse repeat, etc and drying with a hair dryer or heat gun. The good part is that it did remove and loosen some corrosion, cost very little and did no harm.
So it would have been a really cool story if it had worked, but since Coca Cola is often used for cleaning just about anything (phosphoric acid, ph of 2-3) I'm guessing many before me have tried it and it probably didn't work. Guess Coke still goes better with Jack than old gas and rust!
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