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Old 05-09-2013, 12:58 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by BADDASSC6 View Post
It's due to having two dissimilar metals in an electrolytic solution. It's Galvanic corrosion. Basically a non issue on LS motors since they are aluminum sleeved blocks.

This result in having to conduct a lot more maintenance.
Mm. Same idea as when someone repipes their house half assed with copper and leaves bits of it non-copper. Those joints corrode like a mofo. I guess aluminum + iron is worse than brass (copper+zinc) + iron is. But for aluminum + aluminum, no real problem. Got it.
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