Oldiebut goodie wrote:I've just this day ordered some alum to dissolve a broken stud in a heater heat exchanger - I'll try to remember to take some pics as I have my first try.
How did you get on with the experiment OBG?
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Oldiebut goodie wrote:I've just this day ordered some alum to dissolve a broken stud in a heater heat exchanger - I'll try to remember to take some pics as I have my first try.
silverbullet wrote:Newmans made my 2.5 cams. Good to know that they now have the oem 2.1 profile on file.
Ahhhh yes , will try that, thankssilverbullet wrote:PS brown sticky tar in the water jacket means that green coolant has been mixed with pink.
Remove with brake cleaner, even petrol wont dissolve it.
937carrera wrote:Yep, I'd say so too
I heard many years ago about a process called metal spraying which can be used to recover damaged cranks / cams.
Here's a couple of links to get you going - interesting that Newmans get a mention
http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/ ... IC_ID=1620
https://metallisation.com/applications/ ... asmaspray/
Worth investigation
what2do wrote:If your car is a pretty standard road car - give the re-profiled cam a run - if you are racing - go new.
Extracted from the above link.
itchyfeet wrote: VWH and Coolair are both stocking reprofiled Aircooled cams.
937carrera wrote:itchyfeet wrote: VWH and Coolair are both stocking reprofiled Aircooled cams.
Can you give any more information about this. I have a CU engine to rebuild (bodywork first though) and am pretty sure that the cam is worn (no
compression when the tappets are set correctly). Are the Aircooled ones still readily available, or are they being diverted to WBX duties ?