Ed,
The ease of cleaning a screen over
backflushing a radiator shouldn’t be overlooked. If I knew that
cleaning or replacing a filter at every oil change would keep my cooling system
free of junk, then I would gladly install a filter. Once the barnacles
start to form in the radiator, I think it is time for a new radiator.
Do you recall the trouble Perry Mick had
with his cooling system? If I recall, he attributed it to adding
stop-leak to his system. I think it all settled in the radiator tubes.
He replaced the radiator and all was well again.
Mark
(word wrap working on my screen)
I am of the opinion that an inline
coolant filter is likely to get blocked sooner and more quickly than the
radiator (should you have a contamination problem). The radiator core
would likely experience a slower degradation in its cooling capability - as
Chuck Dunlap's experience indicated. Now, whether a clogged filter could
withstand the pressure head of coolant moving at 20-30 gpm or whether there
would always be some flow - hard to say.
By the way, Mark. On my e mail
browser your emails line fail to wrap, they simply extend to the right in one
LONG sentence.