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[rexy]

I try to run a filter on the top hose as it enters the radiator. Particularly after a new engine install. As the photo shows there is often a lot of stuff coughed up. This was from as engine I bought secondhand that had good looking coolant when removed. Sat around for 10months before it was in and running again.
As you can see there is a mix of silicone from my overexuberance, flake rust from the cooling innards and bits of gravel from god knows where (ancient casting sand?)
Many of the fragments are just the right size to block off a rad tube.
This collection is from the first 200km of use.
The filter is made from an old pair of my pantyhose, the thick ugly opaque type.

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Edited by rexy, 13 January 2013 - 02:49 PM.

[N/A-PWR]

Hi Rexy,
Here is the link that Stinga found:-
http://www.tefba.com/

[wot179]

Find a skinnier donor.

[Statler]

ROFL!

[N/A-PWR]

Hi 76S.L.R,
Nice find, DJ will be happy.
Was thinking that we could replace the thermostat top housing and have an extended version so it is bolted in place and strong with a cap for a cylindrical gauze filter. Dave I

Edited by TORYPOWER, 13 January 2013 - 08:48 PM.

[wot179]

You can get them direct from the supplier,Frank Tonitto.

http://www.franktonitto.com/tefba.php

Edited by wot179, 13 January 2013 - 10:05 PM.

[Stinga]

yeah i bought mine from that tonitto fella in about 2005, its been in about 4 different cars and although it is pretty ugly it does work a treat

[rexy]

Rexy, last time i tried using a pair of pantyhoes that i aquired one dark night with a full moon, bastard things ended up at the top of the radiator, they stretched.....How do you aoid this?

Cheers.

It doesnt matter. I make mine about 4 inches long and it ends up herniating into the top tank. Provides extra flow area and does a beaut job of retaining all the crud.. Never had one develop a hole even after 2 years use.
The beauty is it costs nothing. Very fine filtration compared with the last bought one i saw. If you pick black (and who wouldnt) they are pretty discreet, hardly notice it.

[TerrA LX]

kids coton sock does it for me.

[ls2lxhatch]

The Tefba style are easier to service than a sock.

Clean Flow Filter Sock





http://ls2lxhatch.com/cleanflowfilter.html

[Statler]

I got one of these with my PWR radiator. I'm still not sure where it should go.

I'm guessing in the top rad hose? Folds back under the hose clamp?

[ls2lxhatch]

You will find the fitting instructions for the filter sock on this webpage.

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 14 January 2013 - 10:52 PM.

[Statler]

Thanks for that.

[Stinga]

in the top radiador hose, to stop crap from the engine entering the radiator. try and put it in the straightest section of the hose to make it easy

Edited by Stinga, 16 January 2013 - 10:43 AM.

[grumpy xu1]

Did you install it in the straight section of the hose ? I assume that you cut the section out, that is required to be removed ?

[RallyRed]

Hi,
I cut around 25mm off the hose that fits onto the radiator, as it was kinking.

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[jd lj]

That's a nice gathering of LJ's there Col.