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Is your radiator showing white powder and greenish fins and tubes or the oil cooler has a greenish layer on it. if left it will soon start to leak.
This means that electrolysis is being set up in the cooling system. the only way to stop it is to correct the grounding of the radiator, this means a cable from the chassis to the radiator, by a cable I do not mean a piece of wire, it needs something like a battery ground flexi cable. Many radiators are isolated with rubber gromments so care is needed that you are grounding the radiator.
If not treated or fixed it can lead to pitted liners with abnormal water pump wear and head gaskit failure, also extreme alluminium corrosion. Thanks to Valeo radiators for this info. I have noticed many photo's where this evident.
Malcolm
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Is your radiator showing white powder and greenish fins and tubes or the oil cooler has a greenish layer on it. if left it will soon start to leak.
This means that electrolysis is being set up in the cooling system. the only way to stop it is to correct the grounding of the radiator, this means a cable from the chassis to the radiator, by a cable I do not mean a piece of wire, it needs something like a battery ground flexi cable. Many radiators are isolated with rubber gromments so care is needed that you are grounding the radiator.
If not treated or fixed it can lead to pitted liners with abnormal water pump wear and head gaskit failure, also extreme alluminium corrosion. Thanks to Valeo radiators for this info. I have noticed many photo's where this evident.
Malcolm
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