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Subject:Re: Coolant Pipes and runs hot (150k miles)
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 1998 18:28:19 -0700

At 10:08 PM 6/11/98 -0300, mccaig wrote:
>Hi Carl;
>    I have done both things i have replaced the coolant pipe with the
>factory one, expensive and it rusted again, I have brazed them,  spliced in
>rad type hose and most recently i only kept the water pump end and made up
>the rest with 1 1/4" copper pipe fittings and a peice of hose.  I will never
>buy the factory piece again
>
I'm curious, are the pipes rusting through from the inside or from the outside?

MM