No, It is aluminum. I don't know about the heater core as it is aftermarket. But it is Ford that does not want the orange stuff. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of David Brodbeck Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 3:02 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Prestone anti-freeze (Dex Cool) Dennis Haynes wrote: > my 1999 motor home with the Ford Triton V-10 has numerous > warnings in the owners manual not to use anything that resembles the > Dex-Cool. Does it have a copper/brass radiator? I've heard that Dex-Cool isn't supposed to be used with copper rads because it doesn't protect the solder joints from corrosion. (Or actively corrodes them...I'm not sure which.) |
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