> system, I have a question.
>
> I know that boats have a lead anode bolted to their hulls so that these
> anodes will corrode before the metal propshafts, propellers, etc. do...
>
> What about throwing a 1 oz. lead fishing weight into the radiator, maybe
> attaching it somehow... anyway... my point is, if boats can use a
> sacrificial anode, why can't cars?
**** Sure they can. Only the metal to use is zinc, not lead. JC Whitney
sells a little zinc bobber that you chain to your radiator cap.
Also, big rigs use water filters with sacrificial elements in them.
A friend of mine once protected his Mustang with one of these. He put
the sacrificial-element filter in the heater return hose. There he
figured that any fluid restriction would be relatively harmless.
- Jerry
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