On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 20:02:13 -0500 "Chris S.
Mottram"<Chris.S.Mottram(at)ecc.com> writes:
> While I'm at it, maybe I better check the impellers on the water
>pump, that could be the source of overheating in the summer. Pull it.
>The mounting studs for the thermostat housing were converted to bolts
>by
>the DPO and were semi-stripped. I'll helicoil 'em. But wait, one of
>the
>holes goes all the way through into the head. I don't want any metal
>shavings going in there. Better pull the head off to do the
>helicoils.
>PLEASE somebody stop me!!! Who knows what I will find when I pull the
>head!
>
>Chris
Dont worry about gettting metal shavings into that part of the head.
It goes into the heads main water passages, and little alluminum bits
arent gonna hurt anything, and will be converted into dissolved aluminum
oxide in your coolant, which is where all the corrosion in your head has
gone to.
Use thread sealer on the studs/bolts/helicoils that protrude into the
water
cavities, or face an eternally leaking alpine.
$.02++
Jarrid Gross
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