I had it happen on my John Deere and have heard it was especially endemic on IH's. Now they have water filters and conditioners to control it. Deere markets a conditioned coolant that is supposed to prevent or reduce it. I put it in my Deere after the inframe was done. All the material on here is right on the mark. The little bubbles blast holes in the sleeves. The same thing happens on a larger scale on dams and other structures that pass water in high flows. The concrete linings of the water channels get eroded and blasted. It also happens on ship propellers and water pumps. Cavitation. Thick sleeves that do not flex so much are a help, maybe that is why you dont hear so much about it in Cat's. I think they had thicker and more regid sleeves. And that is one good thing about the old dry-sleeve 71 Series Detroits: no wet sleeves to pit.
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