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radiator temp fix
Gawd;
Glickman admitting his suggestions are not always right! Pa Shaw!!!! Lawrence Glickman wrote: > On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 08:21:00 -0600, Mike Behnke > > wrote: > > >> And then be prepared to swap out the heater core in a year or two. > > > Yah, that's the downside alright. You'll for sure screw up the heater > core. > > I took my radiator on a Pontiac OFF, brought it to a shop, had a new > core put in ( they saved the end tanks ), took it home, put it back > in, voila. Like new. > > What happened is, road dirt and airborne particles act as an abrasive > as they are figuratively *sand blasted* against the radiator elements, > eating away at the metal thickness, whilst on the inside, corrosion is > eating away from that direction. > > Suddenly, coolant leaking. > > Well? That was on an old car, easy enough to work on. Modern car > today, good luck getting into that area, especially with transmission > fluid lines coming to it's own heat exchanger. I hope not to have to > look at that problem for a long time. > > Lg > > > >>Lawrence Glickman wrote: >> >> >>>"Stop Leak" pellets or solution, available at your auto parts store. >>> >>>Lg >>> > > |
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