copper radiator vs aluminium engine
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copper radiator vs aluminium engine
Im a bit worried I am making a very good battery out of some very expensive parts.
How would I correct a corrosion problem between copper and aluminium (yes I can spell )
Could I connect them on the same ground plane to stop this or isolate the radiator.
Paul
How would I correct a corrosion problem between copper and aluminium (yes I can spell )
Could I connect them on the same ground plane to stop this or isolate the radiator.
Paul
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Well, we spell aluminium the way you do.
Anyway, put in a zinc sacrificial anode in the plug of your radiator and you should be fine.
Anyway, put in a zinc sacrificial anode in the plug of your radiator and you should be fine.
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good idea but zinc tends to leave messy green grease like goop in closed loop systems.
Altho I might have seen it used in diesel cooling system on a Cummings, contained in a oil filter type housing where it conditions the water.
Altho I might have seen it used in diesel cooling system on a Cummings, contained in a oil filter type housing where it conditions the water.
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It is just that the Yanks are well-versed in history and agreed with that Brit, Davy.Paul Rig wrote:Im a bit worried I am making a very good battery out of some very expensive parts.
How would I correct a corrosion problem between copper and aluminium (yes I can spell )
Could I connect them on the same ground plane to stop this or isolate the radiator.
Paul
Davy settled on aluminum by the time he published his 1812 book Chemical Philosophy: "This substance appears to contain a peculiar metal, but as yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state, though alloys of it with other metalline substances have been procured sufficiently distinct to indicate the probable nature of alumina."[89] But the same year, an anonymous contributor to the Quarterly Review, a British political-literary journal, in a review of Davy's book, objected to aluminum and proposed the name aluminium, "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."[90]
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You're referring to the Fleetguard DC4A coolant filter.Paul Rig wrote:good idea but zinc tends to leave messy green grease like goop in closed loop systems.
Altho I might have seen it used in diesel cooling system on a Cummings, contained in a oil filter type housing where it conditions the water.
PS.: You sure can spell aluminium, but not Cummins!
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Should we distinguish between people running straight water and those using a commercial product that should already address this problem?
Aside: remember that dyes will persist longer than pH balancing compounds. Change the fluid regularly.
Aside: remember that dyes will persist longer than pH balancing compounds. Change the fluid regularly.
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roc wrote: You're referring to the Fleetguard DC4A coolant filter.
PS.: You sure can spell aluminium, but not Cummins!
Dam it spell checker screwed me LoL
that does sound like the filter I use to replace.
I was always told to fill with straight water on that particular truck.
Cummins tripple5 bloody little ripper of a v8 diesel
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The Cummins triple-nickel is back! Cummins 5.0L V8 Turbo Diesel – Powering the Nissan TITAN XDPaul Rig wrote:roc wrote: You're referring to the Fleetguard DC4A coolant filter.
PS.: You sure can spell aluminium, but not Cummins!
Dam it spell checker screwed me LoL
that does sound like the filter I use to replace.
I was always told to fill with straight water on that particular truck.
Cummins tripple5 bloody little ripper of a v8 diesel
Totally different engine though.
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Re: copper radiator vs aluminium engine
I saw an article in a hot rod type of magazine that featured a Pro-Stock styled pickup truck with a turbo charged Duramaxxxxx i believe it was and that thing was some where i believe in the low 8 sec. range.
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Re: copper radiator vs aluminium engine
acidity and presence of O2 in the system are a contributing factor.
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The Nazis didn't lose WWII,they just changed uniforms.Now they run the place.
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When I bought a radiator from Ron Davis, it came with installation instructions similar to the link posted by Radius Kid . . . except he recommended checking DC and AC voltage and recommended 0.3v as safe for an iron engine and 0.15v for aluminum. Test ALL electrical components including the starter.The Radius Kid wrote:http://www.rmi25.com/tech-specs
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Re: copper radiator vs aluminium engine
I would say a common ground between the components couldn't hurt anything..