[DML] Valley of death - no more
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[DML] Valley of death - no more




Hi everyone

While working on my engine (water pump rebuild) I decided to something about
the valley of death. Even though the engine has low miles and it was a crate
engine installed in a car about five years ago there was already some deep
corrosion in the deep holes in the valley of death. Knowing what might
happen after a while I decided to plug those holes before its too late. I
have seen an engine where the corrosion was so deep that a crack formed into
the oil passage and the car was loosing oil at a rate that prevented it from
driving. It would empty the oil pan in a minute through that crack in the
block. What I did was I filled the holes and the entire valley with high
temp automotive silicone and put an aluminum plate on top. I made sure that
the plate sits at an angle sloping down towards the rear so any water will
just run off to the back. BTW, I custom made that plate myself to make it
fit exactly. Then I painted everything with high temp black paint. I am very
happy with how it came out and I recommend everyone does something similar
before it becomes a big $$$ problem.
I uploaded a picture to the photos section on Yahoo. It's in the main
folder, called "valley of death".

Tom Niemczewski
jamesik@xxxxx
VIN 6149 (in Poland!)
Save the dream so you can live the dream...







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