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cas3 · 03-10-2020, 10:27 AM

come on guys, your going to tell me our beautiful "land of ten thousand lakes" has dirty rain water? just kidding, could be. i've seen acid rain on cars in a junk yard out east with holes in the roofs and hoods...we dont have that, thank goodness. the water was only supposed to be in for first fire up, then switch to antifreeze, but sadly that has been a year and not a few weeks as planned. i am aware of problems with aluminum heads, but it never occurred to me i would have an issue with my aluminum tubes. so, either i replace them with some other metal, or what? get a sacrificial anode to take the hit? it will get antifreeze, and it will have proper ground straps.

03-10-2020, 10:27 AM	#16
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,578	Re: whats this fuzz growing in my new radiator? come on guys, your going to tell me our beautiful "land of ten thousand lakes" has dirty rain water? just kidding, could be. i've seen acid rain on cars in a junk yard out east with holes in the roofs and hoods...we dont have that, thank goodness. the water was only supposed to be in for first fire up, then switch to antifreeze, but sadly that has been a year and not a few weeks as planned. i am aware of problems with aluminum heads, but it never occurred to me i would have an issue with my aluminum tubes. so, either i replace them with some other metal, or what? get a sacrificial anode to take the hit? it will get antifreeze, and it will have proper ground straps.