 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
| 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
| 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
02-27-2008, 10:32 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
Posts: 2,765
|
|
Not Ranked
I thought that is you kept the anti freeze maintained and/or added coolant anti corrosives, you would be fine. Almost all of the factory cars use mostly all aluminum in the heads, radiator, and often the block, and there is no anode.
.
__________________
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT GOOD GAS MILEAGE
________
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
________
|
02-27-2008, 10:58 AM
|
 |
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2004
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 1,226
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by CobraEd
I thought that is you kept the anti freeze maintained and/or added coolant anti corrosives, you would be fine. Almost all of the factory cars use mostly all aluminum in the heads, radiator, and often the block, and there is no anode.
.
|
Anti-freeze won't protect against stray current.
New cars have everything well grounded. There are many reports of new cars having the radiator eaten up by electrolysis in a very short time due to the ground strap not being replaced after a repair. |
02-27-2008, 11:24 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
Posts: 2,765
|
|
Not Ranked
$hit! I don't think my aluminum radiator is grounded. You mean the anticorrosive additives in fresh antifreez will not stop the radiator from being ruined ????? 
.
__________________
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT GOOD GAS MILEAGE
________
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
________
|
02-27-2008, 11:35 AM
|
|
Senior Club Cobra Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2004
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 1,226
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by CobraEd
$hit! I don't think my aluminum radiator is grounded. You mean the anticorrosive additives in fresh antifreez will not stop the radiator from being ruined ?????
. |
Google "radiator electrolysis". There are links that will answer all your questions and scare the crap out of you. |
02-27-2008, 01:54 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Provo,
Ut
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, 427
Posts: 6,990
|
|
Not Ranked
Just so you know...
There are myriad ways things can corrode.
Galvanic (or electrolysis) is particularly difficult to control--especially with magnesium parts.
David
 |
02-27-2008, 01:56 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Northern VA,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadsters
Posts: 2,765
|
|
Not Ranked
I have a decent dvm. i WILL CHECK THE COOLANT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY VOLTAGE.
__________________
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT GOOD GAS MILEAGE
________
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
________
|
02-28-2008, 06:33 AM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
NC
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
Posts: 1,106
|
|
Not Ranked
Quote:
Originally Posted by David Kirkham
Just so you know...
There are myriad ways things can corrode.
Galvanic (or electrolysis) is particularly difficult to control--especially with magnesium parts.
David
|
Good point. I place chunks of magnesium in the top tank of my Mustang radiator as the "sacrificial lamb." It worked so well as an anode that the engine water-jacket, radiator and water pump looked better than new when I inspected them about two years later after pulling the heads off to do some work.
__________________
Tom
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
|
02-28-2008, 06:45 AM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Provo,
Ut
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, 427
Posts: 6,990
|
|
Not Ranked
I think mag is on the bottom of the potential list and so I don't think it is possible to protect it. I never thought of using it as a "sacrificial lamb" though...good thinking. Anyone else have any experience with this?
David
 |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:18 PM.
Links monetized by VigLink
|
Hybrid Mode
