09-21-2016, 11:55 AM
I think Jon is on to something. I have learned to listen when he speaks.
It's not that farfetched, I replaced Subaru head gaskets that are extremely prone to developing a coolant leak. Guess what! there is a ground strap from the head to the frame just where the gasket fails. So a small current is trying to move from the engine block through the head gasket to the ground strap on the head. All of that to say that a potential solution may be to make sure the top and bottom of the radiator are grounded to a common point on the frame.
If you have a good voltmeter it would be a just for grins exercise to measure any potential between that bottom rail in your picture and a ground lug over by the battery.
It's not that farfetched, I replaced Subaru head gaskets that are extremely prone to developing a coolant leak. Guess what! there is a ground strap from the head to the frame just where the gasket fails. So a small current is trying to move from the engine block through the head gasket to the ground strap on the head. All of that to say that a potential solution may be to make sure the top and bottom of the radiator are grounded to a common point on the frame.
If you have a good voltmeter it would be a just for grins exercise to measure any potential between that bottom rail in your picture and a ground lug over by the battery.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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