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<P>These are known as "Pencil Anodes" and are widely available in the marine industry. Not a bad idea for any cooling system..</P>
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<P><B>From: </B>"Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay@asajay.com><BR><B>To: </B>detomaso@poca.com<BR><B>Sent: </B>Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:01:53 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[DeTomaso] Sacrificial Zinc anode<BR><BR>I'd recommend the zinc anode. I first installed one in the water pump but later moved it to the upper hole in the Fluidyne radiator. It doubles as an air bleed by opening it slightly, and doesn't cause a mess when I go to drain the radiator through the regular drain cock:<BR><BR><IMG id=theImageId title="Flex-a-lite 32060 - Flex-a-lite
Zinc Anode Drain Plug Replacement Kit" alt="Flex-a-lite 32060 - Flex-a-lite Zinc Anode
Drain Plug Replacement Kit" src="cid:part1.08070908.02010508@asajay.com"><BR><BR>The photo is from Jegs because Summit doesn't have a photo. (and neither does the Fluidyne site).<BR><BR>Asa jay<BR></P><PRE class=moz-signature>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Running fans backwards may sound like an ok thing to do, but the blades just don’t work that way. Whether that would cause a 50% reduction in flow – that at least is debatable – but they didn’t say 50%, they said as much as – which I can’t disagree with.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I did note their recommendation for a zinc anode in the drain plug. Now this sounds like a hell of a good idea – I added it to my list of things to do for 5332. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I respectfully disagree completely with your conclusions…</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I actually see nothing wrong with their conclusion other than the cylinder head gasket assumption.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It looks like the real problem was someone put the wrong fans on the radiator.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I see no evidence that the radiator was at fault. If the radiator was ruined by the pressure washer then we could have just replaced the fans to prove one way or another what was at fault. But because the radiator was ruined, there was no choice but to replace it.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If you really want to prove something, put the original fans back on it and watch the problem come back… Since your car is running fine now, Don’t DO THAT. My point is, there is no proof yet that the radiator was at fault.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Just chock it up to lesion learned. Fluidyne radiators have been working fine for hundreds of Pantera Owners and I really DON’T see know way a radiator could only flow air only one way, BUT, a fan can do that. In addition, if the radiator truly only flowed air one way, it would overheat at speed as well as in traffic.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The first things I attached on the car was the following:</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My local mechanic replaced the pressure and overflow bottles and the car started to overheat immediately. The only part to look at now was the FLUIDYNE Radiator that I had replaced 4 years ago when I purchased the car.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We let the car cool a little and then restarted the car. My mechanic said he was going to run water over the front of the radiator when I started the car. I was in the car while it was running to see if the water temp would lower as he ran the hose on the front of the FLUIDYNE radiator. The temp was lowering! . Then he said shut the car. My Mechanic said that since I had sucker fans my car should have been sprayed with water when he ran the water on the front of the radiator. Instead the car was DRY . This meant that the radiator was now allowing the water to flow through and thus no air could flow through either.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Next step was to reverse the fans to blow out the front of the car and leave it idling in place . The car ran at a steady 180 for 30 minutes and the temp did not rise. This told us that the radiator was fault and only flowed ONE WAY .</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I could not believe that the radiator could be faulty. I drove home and cleaned the radiator with a pressure washer and ruined every fin on the radiator. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Then I contacted the owner of Fluidyne. I explained what we had done and in summary we felt we had a one way radiator that could only flow air one way . I also admitted that I had pressure washed the radiator and ruined the outside fins. Hard to believe but TRUE.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Your radiator was inspected upon receipt and found to be ‘bloated’ … swollen in the middle of the core, consistent with symptoms of over-pressurization.</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The fans were tested while installed on the core and operation was verified. They seemed to pull a reasonable amount of air. </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The fans were then removed and inspected. The fans are “pusher” fans… not “puller” fans as you were told. [See pic 3 to see arrow markings]</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">o</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">They most likely were wired to work as “pullers” but the performance would be significantly hampered considering the pitch of the blade is backwards</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Inlet/Outlet water tank was removed to inspect the core. Debris was found near the top & bottom [see pic 1 and 2] which had plugged several tubes.</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">o</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This is not a significant blockage but we noted that foreign debris was indeed inside the core. </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face=Symbol><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">·</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Return water tank was then removed [pic 4] which showed a significant amount of engine oil has passed thru the core. </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">o</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We suspect this oil was introduced to the radiator by failure of a cylinder head gasket.</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">o</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I appears the oil remained in the core for some time as it would not wipe off. </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN-LEFT: 1.5in" class=msolistparagraph><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">o</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=1 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We also assume this failure created the high pressure event that caused the core to be over-pressurized.</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><I><FONT color=#1d1b11 size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic
Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The outside air fin has sustained significant damage and 90% of the louvers have been bent shut in both directions. The radiator core appears to be sound. We noted no failures of our Materials or Workmanship nor evidence of Electrolysis erosion. The over-pressurization event, while it likely created the ‘bloated’ shape of the unit, does not appear to have affected the core’s performance. </SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The only anomaly we discovered was the fact that as installed, the pusher fans were likely wired to run backwards as puller fans. This creates significant turbulence in and around the fan housing and would reduce performance by as much as 50%</SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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Sans MS'; COLOR: rgb(29,27,17); FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As I mentioned, we have initiated production of a replacement radiator [with the new 5-row Pantera core] for you. Per your instructions, we will install your fan temp sensors on the new core. You have also asked us to install your fans but in light of the problems noted here, I believe you may want to consider replacing these units. We can install new Spal units [the only brand I handle] if you prefer and I also suggest we install a Zinc Anode in the drain bung to protect against Electrolysis in the future.</SPAN></FONT></I></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">All of FLUIDYNES excuses and blaming the engine had cylinder head gasket leaks was a bunch of BS. I ended up paying for the new radiator and fans because I had no choice . Fluidyne should have stood behind their product but they DID NOT.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We installed the new radiator on the car as well as two lights on the dash that would tell me when each fan was on and off. This way I knew the fans were working.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We let the car run for a solid hour at the shop and the car never rose over 180 degrees. The high heat problem that existed for years was finally gone. My mechanic said that once I hit the highway the fans would actually shut off. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I guess the cylinder head gasket leaks that Fluidyne said my engine had, repaired itself . BS</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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