Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:30 pm
Tom,Im with you on the zink stuff,heard about it tears ago..
My 2.0l turbo cracked the head from cyl1 spark plug all the way back to cyl4 spark plug-right through to the water jacket.I drove this car,under extreme boost at ttimes for more than 2 years with this crack.
I used a Loctite product called"Gimme head"...eerrrm,sorry,"Indian head"..
This would seal this almighty crack for up to 4 months at a time.I would usually know it had opened up again as the car would start misfiring..
I do know that if your up against combustion pressure,nothing is going to seal the leak..Ive been up against this on a 156 3.8l 24v for the last 6 months...Ive finally beaten it with some radical welding and rings for the gasket setup,but this is another story..
If the leak goes into the chamber,it can be temporarily repaired..Other way round,your farting against thunder here....
Ive had the same with this little 20l turbo Im working on here,will post a pic of what I mean shortly..
My 2.0l turbo cracked the head from cyl1 spark plug all the way back to cyl4 spark plug-right through to the water jacket.I drove this car,under extreme boost at ttimes for more than 2 years with this crack.
I used a Loctite product called"Gimme head"...eerrrm,sorry,"Indian head"..
This would seal this almighty crack for up to 4 months at a time.I would usually know it had opened up again as the car would start misfiring..
I do know that if your up against combustion pressure,nothing is going to seal the leak..Ive been up against this on a 156 3.8l 24v for the last 6 months...Ive finally beaten it with some radical welding and rings for the gasket setup,but this is another story..
If the leak goes into the chamber,it can be temporarily repaired..Other way round,your farting against thunder here....
Ive had the same with this little 20l turbo Im working on here,will post a pic of what I mean shortly..