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Old 01-20-2020, 03:01 PM   #57
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Default Re: Cracked Block

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Originally Posted by Werner View Post
Hallo und guten Tag Colin.

Glysantin is a (PEG) polyethylene glycol and dissolves many plastics that contains plasticizers. Also epoxy resins.
(Resistant are e.g. 'Nylon', 'Teflon', silicone rubber and sometimes 'Viton'.)


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I believe this is also the reason behind the failure rate of the modern head gasket.
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