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destruction

10-21-2002, 10:15 PM

Hey guyz .! i bough a new 240 which is 96 dark purple .. AT   <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/huh2.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':huh2:'> well i hope to swap it soon . . well .. i am really new to chemistry .. tho i see some white dots .. on my aluminum stuff <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> the place where this white shit present the most is intake manifold .. so ? <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> any suGGEstions  ?

AKADriver

10-21-2002, 10:27 PM

It's probably from the northeast... my old Dodge, which spent most of its life in NY, had lots of this.  It's just minor corrosion.  It's not something to really worry about.  It should clean off with a wire brush.

mbmbmb23

10-21-2002, 10:54 PM

Thats basically aluminums version of surface rust.  If it bugs you, sand it off....then paint the aluminum with some high temperature paint or clear coat.

-m

adey

10-22-2002, 05:11 AM

so THAT's what that shit is. I didn't know aluminium (aluminum since I'm in the states) corroded, and always thought that it was some sort of funky growth (that could withstand extreme temperatures...errr) or corrosion due to outside elements.
It refused to come off with degreaser, too.
Anyway... thanks for the tip. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

ca18guy

10-22-2002, 07:18 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (adey @ Oct. 23 2002,12:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">so THAT's what that shit is. I didn't know aluminium (aluminum since I'm in the states) corroded, and always thought that it was some sort of funky growth (that could withstand extreme temperatures...errr)</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
lol, you thought you had a moldy engine bay  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

CoasTek240

10-22-2002, 10:27 AM

aluminum stuff in ur engine bay?