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Jun 13, 2007 | 11:40 PM

Bonneville92V688

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My fun/headache for today.

Well, today was the day to replace the radiator, and do a tune-up on the Shadow. It is going along real well until I found my coolant leak on the radiator, and I thought for sure it was just a small leak, until I cam across this -

Then I pulled the valve covers to replace the gaskets, pretty clean for 250k -

And deleted the broken, heavy, discharged AC -

Jun 13, 2007 | 11:43 PM

ga93sle

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I'm sure I should probably know this, but how does that happen to a radiator?

Jun 13, 2007 | 11:45 PM

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Corrosion probs? I have seen pics of AC condensors do that in coastal areas.

Jun 13, 2007 | 11:46 PM

Bonneville92V688

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The fins corrode so bad (they are copper) that they corrode and disintigrate. To add onto that, I have 2 large cracks in the radiator tanks that leak badly when it warms up.