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• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage-head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 20:49:13 -0400
  ...Our coolant will eliminate all the corrosion factors along with the electrolysis. Our coolant is also phosphate free." On 4/1/2012 5:43...
• Re: Fridge Orfice Keeps Getting Blocked Any Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:00:18 -0400
  ...I would guess that corrosion inside the tank can make it's way through the plumming , to the orifice.I hear that gas valves...
• Re: Head Pic
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:30:42 +0000
  ...Thanks again!! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > The corrosion on the face is not a concern but obviously the corrosion > on the cylinder seat is...
• Here's my article (written for Australian Jaguar owners, where anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list
  10 Oct 1994 05:33:07 GMT
  ...Both water and glycol alone or in combination are corrosive and need inhibitors added to them to prevent corrosion. Water aids corrosion in three...
• head leaks/stats etc.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:53:42 -0300
  snipped from digest/ErikO post >From the corrosion I've seen personally, I see no indication that the >coolant/water combination or grounding issues...
• Re: Looking for info from up north of TN
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 22:47:16 -0400
  ...But when I raised the deck lid the motor > compartment was covered with rust and corrosion. Is this common in > cars from the north...
• IGNITION CORROSION
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:35:08 -0800
  From time to time, I have experienced corrosion at the ends of the ignition wires. This is not due to moisture getting in (unless...
• Re: Brake fluid servicing
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 11:12:25 -0400
  What do I look for in terms of corrosion when I change my brake fluid? -- - Greg Daughtry -
• Re: Sierra Propylene Glycol Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 12:20:27 CDT
  ...This can cause overheating of the engine, which will accelerate the aluminum corrosion. In other words, the corrosion will tend to feed on itself...
• Re: ceramic caotings( was Re: The trans)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 1996 11:20:06 -0800
  ...I have been thinking more about the corrosion problem. If you ceramic coat the heads where they generally corrode, will the corrosion just move...
• Re: Rusty battery trays
  Historical mailing list - Alexis Montanez
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 12:30:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...As you may know, disimilar metal cause corrosion,so even if you place a pice of metal over and sealed with B 1\2...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power... Ignorance
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:03:53 -0800
  I was at a VW dealer near Hannover Germany in April of '99 and I asked the mechanic about the head/corrosion problem. It...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:06:37 -0400
  ...Water Wetter > > > > >>Corrosion resistance? >> >>There've been a couple of references to that but no follow up that I've >>seen. Why would water...
• Starter motor update
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:47:43 EDT
  ...and held on with a plastic connnector) seems to have some corrosion on the metal, and that what I assume is the ground (post...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:27:14 -0700
  ...If you want to get > fancy, most battery vendors sell little felt circles impregnated with a > substance that blocks the corrosion from developing. Just...
• Re: ONE MAN only out of many
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:01:40 -0800
  ...This SIGNIFICANTLY reduces corrosion in the cooling system. I've probably done this to maybe 400 different cars, or even more, maybe a thousand...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 05:29:56 EDT
  In a message dated 9/4/00 9:26:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION...
• Re: Now Preventative Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:12:30 -0500
  ...If most failures are due to corrosion, loose > connections, broken pins and such, then it makes sense to clean up, tighten > up, and replace...
• Re: Engine Quits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:29:23 EDT
  ...I would check the ground strap on the driver's side head for corrosion and security of attachment. You can buy a nice new...
• Re: Bad Mechanic ???
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 02:02:31 -0400
  ...Please correct me if I'm wrong! I think the "known history" of head-gasket problems is that of corrosion, which increases the risk...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:36:05 -0700
  ...Why? Microscopic surface corrosion....and it doesn't take > much. When building a car or some electronic device, everything is bright > shiny new, just...
• Re: Finally changing coolant on '88 - any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 15:25:42 -0500
  ...This will greatly reduce corrosion and allow the coolant to transfer heat better. This product breaks down the surface tension of water, allowing it...
• Re: Looking for info from up north of TN
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:18:42 -0500
  ...But when I raised the deck lid the motor >compartment was covered with rust and corrosion. Is this common in >cars from the north...
• Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:25:44 -0700
  ...the anti corrosion additives in modern coolants - and I used an > OAT based (ie Dexcool or "long life" type) - will prevent the > corrosion on...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:42:05 PDT
  ...getting new wheel lugs help? > >From what I know of fretting corrosion, I am confident that this is the >cause >of the problem. The...
• Re: distilled water ?bad
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:15:59 PDT
  ...Even if its only a little corrosion, it's accumulative, and the only way you can reverse the corrosion is to pull the heads...
• Made my fuel gauge work
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:47:00 -0400
  ...it works correctly! A little corrosion (?) goes a long way (but no corrosion was visible). Mike '84 GL.
• Re: Conductive grease for connections???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:56:31 -0700
  ...BTW I first degrease each connector, then dipped it into "TARN-X" which does an excellent job removing the rest of the corrosion on...
• Re: Cause of the white corrosion deposit around a battery?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:09:36 -0400
  ...If you want to get > > fancy, most battery vendors sell little felt circles impregnated with a > > substance that blocks the corrosion from developing. Just...
• Re: Nervous about heads
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 08 Jan 1997 10:40:29 -0800
  ...Anyway, if it was too hard, those extra minerals in the water help speed up the corrosion. Thus, using distilled water can help. However...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 6 May 2010 06:08:21 -0700
  ...Any way you look at it the van is > a > > multi-metal soup. > > > > ...hence the head-corrosion problem? > > I guess it doesn't really...
• Vanagon for sale in Hawaii
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:28:53 -0700
  ...Yes No Exterior Rust or Corrosion: None Slight Moderate Extensive Undercarriage Rust or Corrosion: None Slight Moderate Extensive Dents, Dings None Slight Moderate Extensive...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:35:39 -0400
  ...I've seen surface corrosion on them as well. With aluminum (and I believe tin), the surface oxidation tends to prevent further corrosion. This...
• Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:14:52 -0400
  ...I have never seen any corrosion in the water jacket areas of the heads. I have seen corrosion under the rubber head gasket which...
• Re: ONE MAN only out of many
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:50:49 -0500
  ...It comes under the classification of "oxygen concentration cell corrosion". The difference in oxygen between the free air and just under the hose is...
• Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:49:09 -0800
  Dennis, others what's your opinion on using stainless steel bolts in an aluminum engine, regarding galvanic corrosion? John � �
• Re: bubbles in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:08:26 -0500
  I think the corrosion problem is all due to lousy maintenance. Buy the green stuff and change it every two or three years!
• Re: ONE MAN only out of many
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:01:16 -0500
  ...Check out this abstract on an > > sae tech paper titled "Investigation of Fluid Circulation Effect on > > the Internal Corrosion Resistance of Automotive Heater Core...
• Re: left lower seem rust!
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 01:09:17 -0800
  ...A crack starts what is called an "oxygen > concentration > cell" type of corrosion. A difference of O2 concentration causes a > bigger > voltage difference than...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:54:19 -0800
  ...You're using the word 'corrosion' and 'erosion' interchangeably - they are different things. Corrosion gets to a lot of cooling system parts all right...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:59:03 -0700
  ...from evaporating off in a timely manner which might hasten contact corrosion? BTDT. (pretty sure anyways) Neil. On 8/30/17, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:33:37 -0800
  ...problem colloquially referred to as incipent progressive corrosion can affect all these connections.� Over time, corrosion will grow at the contact interfaces and intrude...
• Re: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:58:37 PST
  Pat, No. I just said I wasn't interested in reading theory about corrosion. The end. Walt Spak wnsopc3@3rdm.net Pittsburgh, PA.
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:41:36 -0700
  ...Why? Microscopic surface corrosion....and it doesn't take >> much. When building a car or some electronic device, everything is bright >> shiny new, just...
• Re: Vanagon problem
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:59:23 -0800
  ...as the stock 900x bulb terminals, hence a looser fit and CORROSION! I cleaned them up with a wire brush, lubed, and they work...
• Re: morons (corrosion inhibitors)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:38:11 -0500
  ...I believe annual coolant change is probably the best prevention of corrosion. JB '89 Wolfsburgs
• phosphates in Prestone
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 17:20:01 -0500
  ...Typical North American coolants have contained phosphates (which is part of the corrosion inhibitor package) for many years. Therefore, the question of phosphates is...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:59:38 -0700
  ...As was said, if it is aluminum corrosion you should ignore it unless it is extremely bad. Aluminum Oxide seals against further corrosion, and...
• Re: Heads, corrosion etc.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:56:17 -0800
  ...Once corrosion does > start the alum. oxide puffs up nicely and holds the seal off the head, > acelerating the process. Positive feedback. bye, Tim...
• Re: ONE MAN only out of many
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:50:49 -0800
  ...I think it takes years of leaving the same old yucky coolant in a cooling system for this corrosion to develop. My batteries don...
• Seam Bubbling
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Swezey
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 11:39:43 +0000
  ...Is this just a euphemism for rust corrosion where the panels join? Kirk Swezey
• Re: corrosion & anodes (Short!)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:45:27 -0800
  ...corrosion & anodes (Short!) > > >Carroll, > >Thank you for the clarification. > >I must admit that I know not what I speak of when it comes to...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:16:57 EDT
  ...That is why I speculated about fretting corrosion causing the problem; fretting corrosion is troublesome in high carbon, heat treated steels. I now use...
• Vanagon ala Coca Cola
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:25:30 -0500
  ...To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. 3. To loosen...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:29:25 -0400
  > > yellow coloured metal That's chromated zinc plating against corrosion, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromate_conversion_coating#Steel Yrs, d
• Re: Vehicle inspections
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:50:15 -0500
  ...Again it was for leaks and corrosion with seams and seals again. (dents and dings was later on the list) Inspection of anything else...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:11:02 EDT
  ...The good part is we have finally figured the correct number of empty Corrosion X cans to use as a snorkel float is exactly...
• Transmission Case Corrosion, Deterioration Repair, Ground Paths
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:47:56 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/zyecqly is disintegrating and crumbling away I'll post pics of actual corrosion soon. I'm sure this issue is nothing...
• Re: Antifreeze Propblem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:04:01 -0600
  ...Jim, True, you can just add water, but think of the corrosion sizzling on the old Vanagon's notoriously corrosion-prone heads as you...
• Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:41:37 -0700
  ...And even more important, complete change for new yearly to be sure corrosion can NEVER GET STARTED. Keep the motor clean as well and...