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New corrosion protection option for Fluidyne, other aluminum radiators
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<blockquote data-quote="timbo3282" data-source="post: 10920526" data-attributes="member: 30499"><p>In a perfect world you'd get a good ground but on the 03/04 Cobra the combination of all the electronics plus the inability to get a good ground - its not possible on these cars with all the dissimilar metals, the design and the fact that there is no ground to ground to means other actions are necessary. </p><p></p><p>So, your suggestion to Check the grounds is great in a building where you have the ability to get a good ground, but you don't have that ability in a car and the grounding in an 03/04 Cobra is worse than most. So "checking the ground" as you suggest is a totally worthless suggestion. </p><p></p><p>These cars leak current like crazy and often at levels low enough they are impossible to reliably test for unless you have tens of thousands of dollars for the lab grade diagnostic equipment that they have at research institutions. Those levels are plenty to destroy your radiator over 12-18 months though. even happening a single electron at a time - that is plenty to destroy the radiator. </p><p></p><p>There is no way to properly ground these cars. Your knowledge of the electrical systems in cars and how to properly protect against electrolysis in them sounds like it is from 1960 - I've studied electrical engineering at one of the finer schools in the country, and talked to friends with PhD's in electrical engineering, automotive engineering and chemistry from places like MIT and the University of Michigan (I dislike their football team but it's engineering program is second to few) about this. My knowledge, augmented by theirs is fairly robust on this topic. </p><p></p><p>And DISTILLED water should NEVER be used in these cars. DISTILLED water is only going to cause damage more quickly because it loves to dissolve things. </p><p></p><p>The $30 for Purple Ice and $20 for the anode plug added to the proper coolant and filtered drinking water is the smart solution - unless you like buying radiators of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timbo3282, post: 10920526, member: 30499"] In a perfect world you'd get a good ground but on the 03/04 Cobra the combination of all the electronics plus the inability to get a good ground - its not possible on these cars with all the dissimilar metals, the design and the fact that there is no ground to ground to means other actions are necessary. So, your suggestion to Check the grounds is great in a building where you have the ability to get a good ground, but you don't have that ability in a car and the grounding in an 03/04 Cobra is worse than most. So "checking the ground" as you suggest is a totally worthless suggestion. These cars leak current like crazy and often at levels low enough they are impossible to reliably test for unless you have tens of thousands of dollars for the lab grade diagnostic equipment that they have at research institutions. Those levels are plenty to destroy your radiator over 12-18 months though. even happening a single electron at a time - that is plenty to destroy the radiator. There is no way to properly ground these cars. Your knowledge of the electrical systems in cars and how to properly protect against electrolysis in them sounds like it is from 1960 - I've studied electrical engineering at one of the finer schools in the country, and talked to friends with PhD's in electrical engineering, automotive engineering and chemistry from places like MIT and the University of Michigan (I dislike their football team but it's engineering program is second to few) about this. My knowledge, augmented by theirs is fairly robust on this topic. And DISTILLED water should NEVER be used in these cars. DISTILLED water is only going to cause damage more quickly because it loves to dissolve things. The $30 for Purple Ice and $20 for the anode plug added to the proper coolant and filtered drinking water is the smart solution - unless you like buying radiators of course. [/QUOTE]
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