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Re: Corrosion w/Aluminum Heads, Water Pump & Radiator

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    <DIV>Oh yea, National Parts Depot does carry it. It is on page 72 of their 2005 catalog. Price is about $20. It is all part of the Radiator Cap. </DIV>
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    <DIV>Thanks Robert!&nbsp;<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: robert wolfe <RANDLW@COMCAST.NET><BR>Sent: Mar 30, 2005 11:41 PM <BR>To: ecj <ECJ@PEOPLEPC.COM><BR>Subject: Re: Corrosion w/Aluminum Heads, Water Pump &amp; Radiator <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML xmlns:eek:="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:eek:ffice:eek:ffice"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY bgColor="#ffffff">
    <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>NPD</FONT></DIV>
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    <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ecj@peoplepc.com href="mailto:ecj@peoplepc.com">ecj</A> </DIV>
    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=shelbymustang@carmemories.com href="mailto:shelbymustang@carmemories.com">shelbymustang@carmemories.com</A> </DIV>
    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:23 PM</DIV>
    <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Corrosion w/Aluminum Heads, Water Pump &amp; Radiator</DIV>
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    <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The term is galvanic corrosion.&nbsp;Yes, it is a concern when using aluminum and cast iron together in a cooling system. Slowly over time the aluminum will be eaten away as the coolant circulates through the system. The solution is to&nbsp;have some magnesium in the system to act as a sacrificial anode so that the magnesium is eaten away instead of the aluminum. If you have a surge tank or over flow bottle you put&nbsp;some solid magnesium in there. I have also seen a product where the magnesium&nbsp;hangs from the radiator cap. I can't remember what catalog&nbsp;I saw that&nbsp;product in. Anybody remember seeing it somewhere?<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></P>
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    <DIV>Jim Seisser&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Jeff Fox <JFOXNASA@WORLDNET.ATT.NET><BR>Sent: Mar 30, 2005 6:59 PM <BR>To: shelbymustang@carmemories.com <BR>Subject: Corrosion w/Aluminum Heads, Water Pump &amp; Radiator <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name="GENERATOR">
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    <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know there was a series of e-mails at one time&nbsp;talking about corrosion in the&nbsp;cooling system&nbsp;when using a<FONT size=2>luminum heads, water pump, radiator, etc.&nbsp;with a cast iron block.&nbsp; Everything is brand new and I'm using that reddish colored anti-freeze&nbsp;(I forget the name).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>Does anyone have any advice on how to minimize corrosion or have that old e-mail&nbsp;thread?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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    <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></DIV>
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