Theoretically it is the solution. I did have rust through problems on my Ford Econoline after it was installed in it brand new.
You need to be sure that it has not "creeped" into the weep holes, and plug them, which it can do, and it has the tendency of not wanting to stick to certain types of welds that produce any kind of weld slag.
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