quote:Originally posted by larryw:
"When I get gas at the station where the ground is uneven, I get a tiny puddle of coolant that drips from the right front."
The area the coolant is collecting is in the valence/front crossmember area, also known as a great sand and debris catcher that is difficult to clean and very prone to rust. A tough area to repair after the fact.
Yup! I think you have an issue on the bottom of one of the tanks.
Not only do the aluminum radiators hole through, unfortunately, the aluminum itself develops cracks longitudenally in the tubes.
They just appear out of nowhere and will continue to grow.
The aluminum just does not have the same duty cycle longevity as brass does.
Ironically I was just speaking to a friend and asked him about his three year old aluminum radiator in his Pantera.
He was like all these other guys who act like the aluminum is the best discovery since electricity.
You had to hear him curse out the aluminum radiator. The thing just virtually disintegrated literally overnight.
All the seams started leaking, cracks in all of the tubes, etc.
He has the original brass radiator back in there and just doesn't want to talk about this subject any more. LMAO!
Everybody thinks I make all of this stuff up?
