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Want nightmares? Here's a look inside a 55k mile heat exchanger.

Discussion in '360/430' started by RedNeck, Apr 30, 2018.

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  1. RedNeck

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    #1 RedNeck, Apr 30, 2018
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    #2 energy88, Apr 30, 2018
    Metal has certainly corroded more than one would expect.
     
  3. ShadowF430

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    #3 ShadowF430, Apr 30, 2018
    Is this the same for both the 360/430? Does your coolant look bad? Wondering how it can look like that after 55k miles, but I guess our cars are getting old.
     
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    #4 Motob, Apr 30, 2018
    The shards of metal are not from the heat exchanger. They appear to be left over from some machining operation that Ferrari performed when the car was new and just happened to be caught by the exchanger. Did you check the shards with a magnet to see if they are steel or aluminum?
     
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    #5 Keith360, Apr 30, 2018
    I’m thinking of making a stainless steel version to put on my car. Anyone interested in one?
     
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    I'm in.
     
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    #7 whatheheck, May 1, 2018
    Wow.......thanks for sharing info and photos.
     
  8. RedNeck

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    #8 RedNeck, May 1, 2018
    Nope, coolant is beautiful. I don't think there was any heat exchanger "failure" as of yet, but just looking at the state of the part I took out, it might not have been far off.

    That makes sense...they looked like aluminum but I didn't test them with a magnet prior to throwing them away. Kinda scary that their may be more floating around in there but I have seen any besides these.

    Not any more:confused: $600 ago I might have been
     
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