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Black gunk in resivor tank

Tiny
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Hi, I have this black sticky gunk, in my resivor tank (plastic tank next to radiator). It's also on the hose that go down into the resivor tank to suck the collant out of it into the radiator. Coolant is clean and oil is clean. I cleaned the hose and it's still sticky and I showed the parts guy at honda and he told me its the hose and its 4 bucks. How can I get this black stuff out of the resivor though does anyone know of somthing to loosen it up?
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 AT 2:15 AM

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Tiny
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Your better off getting a new resivor. It may never clean out. Its hard to get in there to clean. Is the radiator clean?
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 AT 2:24 AM
Tiny
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Radiator is a few months old and its mint and the collabt is pure
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 AT 2:40 AM
Tiny
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There are cleaners that can be used for cleaning the recovery tank.

You can use detergents to soak for a few hours and then flush the gunk out.
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012 AT 7:15 AM

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