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Subject:Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:20:02 -0400
At 07:40 PM 6/28/2001, Paul Cavanaugh wrote:
>My 1990 (180k miles) GL automatic just had it's 4th rear heater core
>burst in 12 months!
>
>It also has burst two (metal) differential coolers, flooding coolant
>into and ruining my transmission.
>
>Any ideas what could be happening?

Er...you got the antifreeze mixed up with the muriatic acid?  Did a
radiator flush and didn't get it all out afterward -- that seems fairly
likely, actually.  This almost has to be a corrosion problem, ISTM.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"