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Old 06-03-07, 07:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by WristPin View Post
because the green coolant that was in there ate away the metal.
i had changed out the coolant less than 10 months ago. but i did use green. shame on me.
I doubt that this had much/anything to do with it.

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I guess the coolant hadnt been changed if ever in the last 8 years.
This is probably the biggest contributer.

The type of water used can also be a big problem, best plan is use distilled water. That head doesn't look that bad, I have seen them with holes eaten all of the way through!

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