BTW, what is "Dexcool"?

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg Howald [mailto:ghowald@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion:

>The zinc should be grounded to the case, and that is how the $50/pair
>Z-Sticks from FGA work.  They are supposed to replace the water jacket
>drain plugs on each side of the case. Kinda pricey, but probably worth
>it.

So, are you saying that simply adding zinc to the coolant reservoir is
inadequate?

>I may experiment with attaching a water heater sacrificial anode to one
>of the plugs in a core I have. It would be another nice "trick" to throw
>at the problem along with using Dexcool.

Why wouldn't the zinc alone do the trick?  Seems to work in the marine
engine environment.

G.

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