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Posted by JJK on March 11, 2005 at 19:02:05 from (216.189.131.47):
In Reply to: Re: Anybody Remember? posted by Allan in NE on March 11, 2005 at 15:55:47:
Putting a water filter on any wet sleeve engine is a nessecity. All it is, is a pellet form of DCA, and it main purpose is to prevent electrolosis and it also prevents rust, scale, and any other corrosion. If you're not familiar with electrolosis, what happens is little air bubbles form on the sleeve and with heat and vibration they pop and with enough force eat away the metal working its way to the crankcase. With the rust prevention I tend to believe that it would be good to add a bottle of DCA to any cooling system(wet, dry, or no sleeve engines). There are test strips available to test the anti-freeze to see if it needs to be pre-charged or just a filter changed.
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