Bob,
You are right. I am using "Bars Leaks" with the Anti-freeze and the system
is behaving!
Bars Leaks contains a waterpump lubricant.
Jphann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Haggard" <skylark1...@windstream.net>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <chevelle-list@chevelles.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] chrome thermostat housing (water outlet)
I think that using distilled water with your antifreeze helps stop
corrosion and maybe waterpump lubricant may help too. I had alway heard
the same thing about the cheap chrome waternecks but I used one for years
and when I removed my 283 and sold it, the thermostate housing still looked
like new. The cast iron one that was on my Buick 350 looks like it was
left in a bucket of salt water for years and water pumps will spring a leak
too so cast iron has it's problems too.
Just a thought but I agree and I would not use one again.
Bob Haggard
---- Larry Williams <larrydwilli...@hughes.net> wrote:
Made in China!? I have the used the same cast iron housing since 94.
John Nasta wrote:
> Just a little caveat emptor... When I built the engine for my El
> Camino 4 or 5 years ago, I put one of those shiny chrome thermostat
> housings on it. It rotted from the inside and developed a hole, which
> caused a bad leak. Today I bought the good old fashioned cast one and
> the walls of it are substantially thicker. I was lucky not to get
> stuck somewhere. I first noticed it when I was just moving the car
> from one side of the street to the other for parking regulations.
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