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Old 12-23-07, 04:29 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Radiator Repair

Hey Jim, sorry to hear about your radiator. The main reason alunimium radiators fail is electrolosus (hope I spelled that right). If your radiator is not rubber mounted or is in contact with the body in any way, electric current will run through the water and through the radiator and back to the body (least resistive path) and burn holes in your core. So once you install any radiator, it's very important to test the resistance between the body and radiator with an ohms meter. Hope that helps.
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