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Old 02-27-2008, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by CobraEd View Post
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.


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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.
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