It is only on the windshield rubber. It ain't coolant. Coolant level is fine and I, like 99 and 44/100ths of the folk on the list, know what coolant smells like. Rubber-eating bacteria is an unnerving concept. Nothing would be safe, then. Tires. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 8/24/2009 1:00 PM Don Spence wrote: > Mike > I had a look at the photos. I can't imagine that is road salt. Two > possibilities that come to mind are a coolant leak in the front heater > core that allows coolant to be blown out of the vents which condenses on > the glass and runs down to the rubber where it evaporates leaving this > crusty buildup or some kind of rubber eating bacteria "pooping" as it > ingests your sealing rubber. Is it only on the windshield rubber? > > > > > > On 24-Aug-09, at 12:42 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > >> Creepy white/tan powder inside windshield rubber >> > |
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