It's tough for the those 30+ year old parts to rust whenthey
haven't seen fresh air or even Light in 25+years.
Allowing for a five years grease buildup. (ie New, 3 months
later leak starts, following month more leaks starts, 6 months later
grime begins to form with dirt washed off upper end of engine by fuel
line leak to the lower half where it all dries in to a soft tar like
Oooze, by 5th year crust begins to form with geologic sedamentary like
layers indicating changes in season and fuel aditives still leaking from
patched hose which now protects all exposed parts of engine / motor
mounts / bell housing / cross member / and steering)
Simply put, if these things didn't leak, they would have rusted
away years ago. Even the Spark Plugs are well lubricated, each in their
own supply of warm engine oil. You'll never see any Spark Plug bearings
wearing out here 8-)
Rich
Reminising about when I removed the grime from the Pan and block with
wide Putty knife. Worked great too!
> ----------
> From: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA)[SMTP:GROSS(at)UNIT.COM]
> Reply To: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA)
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 4:22 PM
> To: Tony Leeming
> Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Stainless Nuts and Bolts
>
> Tony wrote,
>
> >Lauri Lehtinen wrote:
> >
> >> Inside the engine there is allways oil protection, but there even
> golden nuts & parts >are unseen...
> >>
> >>
> >> Larry
> >> (Jarrid, I AM TAKING EASY!!)
> >
> >
> >Yep, and for most of us there is oil protection outside the engine
> too
> -
> >from all the leaks !!!
> >
> >Tony Leeming
> >Series II Alpine
> >Canada
>
> Ive never seen an Alpine motor or engine compartment rust.
>
>
> Jarrid Gross
>
> If it aint leakin, then its out of oil. SII
>
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