[Public-List] Preserving engines

gewhite gewhite at crosslink.net
Tue Dec 11 06:31:08 PST 2018


I think they use a glycol antifreeze but am nowhere near my
office to check
 - Gordon Eliot White

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:59:15 +0000 (UTC)
 Michael Michael <propwash1600 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What is the fluid they use?
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>   On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 7:31 AM, gewhite via
> Public-List<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:   For
> what it is worth, the Smithsonian's procedure for
> preserving water-cooled engines, taken, I think, from
> USAF
> procedures, is to keep the system filled with an
> anti-corrosive fluid, as the residue of other fluids left
> in an engine does promote  corrosion. - Gordon White,
> Brigadoon II
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> > > > >            Gordon Laco
> > > > >            #426 Surprise
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> > > > >                > > > > On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:49
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> > Michael via Public-List <
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> > mailto:public-list at lists.alberg30.org > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                You have way more extreme
> weather
> > than I Mid Chesapeake Bay, and your routine seems to
> > mostly work well for you. I wonder, though, if draining
> > the water jacket (and not having a rust inhibiting anti
> > freeze) accelerates internal corrosion.
> > > > > >                Checkmate's original A4
> > died...poorly. Head stud bolts pulling out of badly
> > rusted block (several times, it's amazing how oversized
> > the studs can be and still work on the A4), warped
> head,
> > etc. The engine was badly abused in her long life of
> > being brackish water cooled.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >                Michael Grosh
> > > > > >                #220
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 17:13:46 +0000
> > From: Rod Symmes <weatherhelm at hotmail.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [Public-List] Drain plugs
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> > Gord:
> > A plumbing lesson that might give you further food for
> > thought.
> > For years I winterized a couple of water pumps at the
> > cottage by pulling the drain plugs. One spring the
> > threads were so rusted that I too had to run a tap in
> > order to install the plugs.  That is when I realized
> that
> > a lot of the rust occurred because of exposure to air.
> > (even more of a problem with cast iron plugs)  My new
> > routine is to pull the plug and while it drains, rap
> > fresh Teflon tape on the plug, then re-install.  I
> always
> > have clean threads and no searching for the "safe"
> place
> > I put them.
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> > Rod
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 12:16:16 -0500
> > From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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> > Subject: Re: [Public-List] Drain plugs
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> > That?s pretty much what I do? teflon tape AND the same
> > grease we use on Voyager fasteners.  
> > 
> > Gordon Laco
> > #426 Surprise
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> > > On Dec 3, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Rod Symmes via
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> > <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> > > Gord:
> > > A plumbing lesson that might give you further food
> for
> > thought.
> > > For years I winterized a couple of water pumps at the
> > cottage by pulling the drain plugs. One spring the
> > threads were so rusted that I too had to run a tap in
> > order to install the plugs.  That is when I realized
> that
> > a lot of the rust occurred because of exposure to air.
> > (even more of a problem with cast iron plugs)  My new
> > routine is to pull the plug and while it drains, rap
> > fresh Teflon tape on the plug, then re-install.  I
> always
> > have clean threads and no searching for the "safe"
> place
> > I put them.
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