Uh things growing where they shouldn't be

Reminds me of a scene in a movie...

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Eeeeew, like gross!

 

I went to a speed shop to buy water wetter. They asked if my radiator was aluminum. I said yes, they said the water wetter will eat aluminum, Purple Ice was a better choice.

 

Carl, I keep after you guys....alky, NO WATER. I know, I know, shut up Lippy. LOL.

 

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



LMAO.

 

After reading all this, it's got me worried. I'm running Redline water wetter with aluminum heads and radiator. Should I be concerned?

 

Sacrificail anode is the answer for this deal. I once had some one much smarter than my self explain to me why distilled water does this when exposed to aluminum, but half way though the explanation he used the word "atoms" or "electrons" and my eyes glazed over. Suffice to say, I had the same problem with my aluminum heads and radiator in the Plymouth a few years back after religious use of distilled water. (Hell, we don't even DRINK Phoenix city water, after all, you know what fish do in it!!! Not to mention the crunch from the minerals...)

 

Iron block+Aluminum plate=Corrosion. Aluminum becomes the anode. The "Water Wetter" apparently makes the water a better "electrolyte". If you could hook a voltmeter to the block and plates you are probably making electricity. Don't sweat the details Carl, you have a "Green" dragster.

As a possible solution if you have the aluminum plates powder coated it will insulate them, but you still have aluminum heads so the best solution is find a non-acidic coolant or fill the block and run the thing dry.

 

I know people freak out that we don't run water but we have never had a problem. Gas and alcohol.

My dad has run that engine from 75' with no water. And it still runs strong today.

(you just have to have longer turn arounds or my favorite.. Hose the engine down!!!)

Plus your options for blocks open up tremendously when you don't run water!!!

But I don't know what you got going on over there Carl... Weird stuff is a brewing.. Hope you figure it out. I don't like finding that kind of stuff in engines!

 

"Anodize; To subject a metal to electrolytic action, as the anode of a cell, in order to coat with a protective or decorative film."

Anodizing is the gold colored electricly adheared coating that discourages aluminum from corosion. Mainly used in petrolium industry, and the aviation industry. Worked for machine shop that did both, and most (if not all) of the parts were finished this way.

 

There ya go Carl, Lazaris, 64 dodge and me say no water and nitro would be fine.

 

Now you guys want me to have parts all over the track huh?

I will have to slowly work up to the "juice"...............

looks like sac anode will be put into this engine........
as I have ideas on kooling between rounds..........
ps still love your avitar Lippy.........

 

Looks like last year's science project...

 

If you want to cool between rounds you could always set up a small A/C unit and blow cold air through the block.

 

doin something similar, a heat exchanger made out of an old coleman cooler and a coil of copper with a 12v bilge pump ..........

 

Aluminum will do funky things when exposed to different chemicals...

 

Looks like my favorite-blueberry pancakes !

 

When I read the title I immediately thought of guys ear and nose hairs....
I gotta start dating younger guys.

 

Yah, something.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7NsyxBzd8c

 

Man I was eating my sandwich when I saw this shit!

I'd scrub it with some Ajax and throw it in the dishwasher!

 

Alodine is an international brand name for Henkel Technologies' conversion, anodizing and functional coatings suitable for use on aluminum, magnesium and other non-ferrous alloys. These coatings provide improved corrosion protection and paint adhesion. Alodine covers chrome, non-chrome and anodizing technologies, and serves numerous markets including the beverage industry, architecture, automotive, aerospace, electronics and others.

 

That's not right

 

For those who are mentioning using distilled water, be careful. Pure water (which is what you have if you have true distilled water) is a very aggressive solvent because it can readily absorb things. Example, distilled water can easily absorb carbon dioxide and forms carbonic acid. It will essentially dissolve any metal (especially soft ones like aluminum and copper, hey, components in some engines and radiators!) and form acids. So, distilled water is not the best idea for a cooling system. If your tap water is overly hard, like many areas of the southwest, use water from a softener, if hard water build up is a concern, it can clog up an engine just like your house pipes only faster because of the heat.

 

Denise, you just made me spray coffee on my monitor. Made my day with that one. Stick with the geezers, old age and treachery will beat youth and enthusiasm any day.

 

x2 Denise.............

 

Hay man, just throw a quart of bleach in it,and be done with it.

...........Jack

 

That is correct!

I bought some Alodine 1201 "chemical coating for aluminum" from Henkel industries to coat the cases on my Triumph motorcycle project. Worked great and I did not have to put it in the oven after as stated above. Just had to wash them a couple times after to stop the reaction. I suppose the oven would help with coating them just like re-blueing a firearm.

I think I paid 30 bucks or so for a quart, and it goes a long way!

Jon

 

Yuk!!!

 

try putting a small piece of zinc in the block. it will become the sacrificial anode.

 

As if we need another reason not to drink water. holy snappin' catfish that looks bad.