My car was fitted with a fantastic fluidyne radiator back in 2006 and this was one of the selling points for me when I bought the car.
The car arrived in Melbourne late in 2009 and has spent most of the year on the hoist getting about a zillion problems fixed so hasn't done many miles here yet.
Recently I finished the car to a drivable extent, and went on a 600 mile weekend road trip. A couple of days later I noticed a weeping fromt he lower right corner of the radiator and when I took it out I found that it was leaking from one of the fins.
I thought it may have been stone damaged but couldn't spot the impact point so took it off to a local radiator repair shop. They subsequently tried to repir it, and every time they pressure tested it they found more nad more leaks. Seems the inside was all corroded away and now I have to get a new one made.
It appears that these radiators can be problematic in our cars. Alloy radiator, steel block, copper heater core. Three vastly different metal elements and they don't work too well together. There are certainly various types of coolant on the market but apparently it's very important for us to run the correct type if we have an alloy radiator.
Also I've been reading and hearing reports of bad electrolosis due to power or ground running through the radiators. I'm continuing to research this and will post up my findings.
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