At 10:17 AM 1/16/02 -0800, DOUG ODOM wrote:
> List, I have a friend ( yes Keith I do ) that has a 1990 Chevy 350 pick
>up truck. This thing has gone through four heater cores is the last 6
>months. The new cores are all aluminum not brass or copper. I have put
>on 4 extra ground wires. The electrolysis will not even read on my volt
>meter. What I am asking is if there is a bad batch of heater cores on
>the market? He is having it changed today and going to bring me the old
>one to look at. The guy at the radiator shop is no dummy and he's
>stumped also. In 18 years he has never seen this big a problem. I told
>him I would put it out on the list and see if someone else has run into
>this lately. Any help? Doug Odom in sunny big ditch
>
Doug,
What is he using for antifreeze? Dexcool will kill aluminum. Have them use
ethylene glycol and distilled water and it will live.
Skip
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