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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Jan 2014
      Location
      Austin, TX
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      Country Flag: United States

      Why do I keep destroying aluminum radiators???

      My daily driver is a 1972 C20 Suburban with an iron block 6.0L LS swap. I've been running Entropy's aluminum, LS swap radiator since I built the truck 10 years ago. My third radiator, which is just under 2 years old, started leaking from the core again today.....I'm assuming due to electrolysis and the aluminum welds failing.

      I'm at a loss at this point. The radiator sits on rubber isolators but it has a grounding strap from the aluminum body to the frame of the truck, as well as a sacrificial zinc anode that is grounded directly to the battery per Entropy's instructions. The motor is grounded to the frame with a 1 inch braided grounding strap and the battery is grounded to the engine block with a 0 AWG cable.

      Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated. I've never had a problem like this before running an aluminum radiator.



      Thanks!
      1972 C20 Suburban
      1964 Corvette Coupe





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