Coolant acidity?
I have never heard of this...until a couple weeks ago when I was getting the oil changed. Crazy. Google it, by all means and go have the coolant checked in your vehicles. To help in the process......
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Gdetrailer wrote:
All I can say is that is way off the wall..
I don't see how the coolant on the INSIDE be affected by what is on the OUTSIDE, period.
I'm not so sure that he meant the radiator was rotting from the inside. PA road salt embedded in the radiator fins might be the issue with aluminum failing.
I did read a good explanation of why diesel engines need additional coolant changes versus gasoline engines. I don't have it at hand right now, but it has to do with the way a diesel ignites the fuel like detonation in a gas engine. That detonation is heard as the typical diesel rattle we all know and those shocks cause material within the water jackets to break off at a molecular level and contaminate the coolant.
