Rust Prevention

[peter_m7uk]

Rebuilt my Pinto head a couple of months back and it's just been sitting

there waiting for the rest of the engine and a car to go into. Had a look

under the camcover last night and there it was, the orange stuff :gdit: :boohoo:

As it will be another few months before I get close to actually starting the

engine again, I need to stop this happening So, what do the Hoodies

do to protect their engines when lying dormant in potentially damp garages???

 

Pete

[Grizzly]

Hi Pete,

How about a coating of WD40 or something similar.

Failing that, keep it in the house - if your allowed

[peter_m7uk]

Cheers Grizzly. I'd thought of the WD40 idea, but wasn't sure how healthy it was to get WD40 mixed in with normal engine oil later on when it's running...?

 

In the house? Have you gone mad?

 

[Guest Peejay]

The good old oily rag, or a (very) thin smear of grease.

 

Pete

[Guest chris brown]

Use inhibitor oil or failing that mix grease with petrol so it can be sprayed out of a normal pump action spray bottle and use that it gets well in to the areas you can’t get at with a paint brush and can be left on even in the bores it will just be a bit smoky on start up. It also tends to keep the seals supple. Don’t use WD40 except for very short periods as it is not oil it is a freeing agent like the old plusgas and dries out leaving no protection at all.

[peter_m7uk]

Cheers chaps. I'm also quite interested by the engine lay-up kit on Enginewise's

site, although it is quite steep at £25.95 for a 4 plug kit. Seems that it can be re-used indefinitely, though, so would be handy when the the Hood is off the road each winter. Anyone know the spark plug size for the Pinto off the top of their heads?? The engine-wise kit is for 10, 12 or 14mm threads....

 

Pete

[Bob Tucker]

We have the same problem with model aircraft engines.

We use methanol for fuel which us hydroscopic (it sucks up water vapour)

If left for even a short time, the iron innards disappear.

The soution is a 50/50 mix of petrol & 2 stroke oil.

Splash it on all over, then the petrol evaporates leaving a thin smear of oil.

As Chris says, it smokes on startup, but no rust formation.

Cheers, Bob.

[peter_m7uk]

Nice idea! By the way, Bob, I see you live in Orpington, which is London

rather than Kent as far as I can tell. Do you know where the Premier

League referee, Steve Bennett, lives? :gdit: Perhaps you could "accidentally"

shed your spare tyre through his front window next time you're driving

past?!

 

Pete

[Guest chris brown]

10, 12 or 14mm threads....

None 18mm same as a fordson tracter

[Bob Tucker]

Nope...Orpington's still in Kent until 2-Jags gets his mitts on the green belt land round here.

 

What's a "Premier League Referee?"

Is it something to do with that "Football "thingy?

 

Cheers Bob, (Rugby fan).

[Guest Cantbearsed]

What's wrong with Duck Oil ? Is it only me and garages that still use it? Obviously not as popular as it once was....