Uh things growing where they shouldn't be

Took my flathead dragster apart today for an engine exchange and discovered this growing in the water jacket ouch. This after only about a dozen runs????? Been using water wetter???

 

what kind of water are you using? straight from the tap? I go to the drug store and get the distilled water to stay away from this

 

smoke it.let us know what you see

 

Distilled h20

 

Call Mike Rowe.

 

'bout hyperventilated out on that one

 

That looks like caviar on a lump of vomit...

or did you use an egg to plug your radiator like on Mythbusters???

 

Looks like my ex's Hamburger Helper.

 

+1!

 

Go to your local airport and see if you can find some homebuilders, ask if they can Alodine those for you.

Make sure to bake them when they are done to get the hydrogen out (325 f for 2 or 3 hours should do it).

Don't bake them in an oven you intend to cook food in.

Should end up a gold color, resist corrosion better and hold paint, if you want to paint it.

Sand it clean first, or scotch brite (or equivalent non metallic pot scrubber).

 

What the hell is that? How does it come to be? Why am I the only one asking these questions?

 

It looks like it could use a little BBQ sauce!

 

I have heard of "working the bugs out of the motor", but did not know this is what the meant...

 

Did I miss something here?

 

looks like congealed wattery oil .

 

I don't know what it is, but I have the exact same thing crawling around in my refrigerator right now

 

gross

 

That's pretty gross.

 

Looks like pizza. How did it taste?

 

yummy........bet it smells good too. I would rinse with vinegar or something strong

 

Has already etched about 1/16 out of the aluminum

 

Thats why I dont drink the water in Roseville. Its down stream from Colfax...

 

Thanks Tim I needed that......................

 

First possible prevention is to use a liquid sacrificial anode additive by my best guess. Wix has it in a plastic bottle and it's known to some folks as DAC from another manufacurer. May help, may not.
Other than that, whatever that crap is is something that will never be a good food or fuel additive. Don't try to fertilize a plant with it either.

 

That's bizarre ! We've started adding water pump lubricant and rust inhibitor to the 50/50 mix of distilled water and antifreeze. Last time we pulled the engine apart it was as clean as a whistle inside the cooling passages. We won't fill up another radiator without some in there.

Don

 

Or you could just drain the block.....

 

+2 on that one, pretty funny

 

I know you don't have a cooling system but I run soluable oil in my water and don't see anything like this.

 

Black+aluminum = acid. Something in the water, Carl... THe anode idea should fix it.

 

I could just imagine what it would be if you were running an aluminum radiator.
WOW! Now I got questions....