Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Clyde - Ferrari 512 Work

[Martin Stark (mstark]

Clyde -

Was the reason you replaced your radiators external corrosion?

On 7/30/2018 2:55 PM, Clarence Romero Jr. wrote:

I have used prestone for years 

Change it every 2 years 

No problem 

Don’t like the long life stuff 

The TR runs hot .with small Raditor so from my point of view the coolant is working overtime 

Can’t prove it 

But works for me 

Have never had a water pump issue 

First engine had 97k on it no issues 

Clyde Romero

If you have no enemies

You have no character ! 

Scars are tattoos with better stories!

When you're out of F-4's you're out of fighters!

On Jul 30, 2018, at 12:19 PM, Martin Stark <mstark [at] copper.net> wrote:

Years ago I flushed and refilled my '87 TR's cooling system with a long life coolant.  After about a month I noticed that the waterpump that was replaced a couple of years before began to leak.  I don't know if it was caused by the coolant formula or just a coincidence.  You may remember seeing this info since I posted it to the list back then. 

It's time to change the coolant and I'd like to switch to a modern long life coolant formula so I'll pose the question again.  Does anyone have experience running long life coolant like the pink or orange stuff in a Ferrari?

On 7/30/2018 11:11 AM, Dick Petrick wrote:

Based on Clyde’s recommendation, I replaced the coolant radiators in my 85 Testarossa with high performance versions manufactured by Wizard.

The original radiators were still intact, but corrosion was evident. They were unrepairable time bombs.

The Wizards  are fine pieces of work….although, I had to have the mounting flanges moved as they did not line up….Rather than send them back to Wizard,

I had a local guy do the fix. It added cost. Anyway, the perform very well.

Clyde is correct when he says that these cars have a mind of their own.

 

Regards,

Ferrari Yooper

 

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