With all due respect I don't believe i would trust Biba on this one! If you aren't going to weld and re-machine the product you need to use is called Marine Tex. It is sold at good hardware stores and local marine supply stores. I have a crack in the head on my Giulietta that was patched more than 20 years ago with Marine Tex, Never had any problems.
Thomas Gonnella Mid-Atlantic Alfa Owners -----Original Message----- From: alfa-digest <[email protected]> To: alfa-digest <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 10:45 am Subject: alfa-digest V10 #2636 alfa-digest Wednesday, October 24 2012 Volume 10 : Number 2636 Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. Richard Welty <[email protected]> Digest Coordinator Contents: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion RE: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion [none] Alfa Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/alfa/ Send submissions to [email protected] Send administrative requests to [email protected] To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to alfa-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:43:18 +0000 (UTC) From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion Gentle Alfisti, I completed the tear-down of the GT engine this afternoon. I found that the aluminum block was corroded at the no. 4 cylinder where the sealing 0-ring contacts the bevel in the liner sleeve. There is a pit about the size of a pea that breaks the surface continuity of the bevel. So Digest, please tell me: Is this block a boat anchor? Or can it be saved? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. modelle the alfa hobbyist 115,105 g.d. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:58:33 +1100 From: "The Baylys" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion I'm no expert, however for the purposes of conversation: 1. Everything is salvageable, it depends how much you have to spend and what 'risks' you are willing to take, 2. The 1600 blocks and engines are becoming quite scarce which makes them that much more 'valuable', 3. The area you are referring to is not subjected to high pressures, 4. I would think the area is salvageable via welding and reworking, 5. I have seen successful sealing of that area using quality sealants, but a pea-sized void is relatively large to fill. Cheers Beatle Oz '85 Novanta - -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 21 October 2012 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion Gentle Alfisti, I completed the tear-down of the GT engine this afternoon. I found that the aluminum block was corroded at the no. 4 cylinder where the sealing 0-ring contacts the bevel in the liner sleeve. There is a pit about the size of a pea that breaks the surface continuity of the bevel. So Digest, please tell me: Is this block a boat anchor? Or can it be saved? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. modelle the alfa hobbyist 115,105 g.d. - -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:04:15 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [alfa] 1600 water jacket corrosion Modelle, let JB-Weld - not the quick dry version - be your friend. Clean out the P-opening, mix up enough to fill, then sand down very smooth so that it is 100% flush. If in doubt, drop a liner in and see if it slides in easily. No doubt you also do this, but I use a light smear of blue silicone 'gasket cement' on the thin liner seals/O-rings. The quotes are for the name, not that I ever use it for that purpose. Trust me. Biba Irwindale, CA USA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:41:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Schutz <[email protected]> Subject: [none] http://hapinsgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/Boriers.php?alew ------------------------------ End of alfa-digest V10 #2636 **************************** -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
