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Vintage Aluminum Corrosion Prevention

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by trey2618, Dec 12, 2010.

  1. trey2618
    Joined: Mar 15, 2009
    Posts: 23

    trey2618
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    from Cisco

    I just assembled the 226 flathead six for my dads Model A, After searching a found a Knudsen aluminum head , it had corosion around some water ports and while repairing it we noticed that sixty year old sand castings have a lot of air pockets and pores. And my other project uses a fifty year old Edelbrock 6-71 blower manifold, What i am asking is opinions on the best coolant to use to prevent future corosion on these two projects. I thought about trying a zinc anode, not sure if it is a snake oil cure all sales pitch or not. Any help is appreciated
     
  2. fleetwood
    Joined: Mar 9, 2005
    Posts: 36

    fleetwood
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    Read this article, it's at least a good start point
     

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  3. fleetwood
    Joined: Mar 9, 2005
    Posts: 36

    fleetwood
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    Well, I think that will be hard to read. I'm not too savy on the computer. I might be able to email it to you.
     
  4. stude_trucks
    Joined: Sep 13, 2007
    Posts: 4,754

    stude_trucks
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    feel free to e-mail to me and I'll post it up.
     

  5. Bavarian Bullethead
    Joined: Oct 27, 2008
    Posts: 18

    Bavarian Bullethead
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    I have several vintage cars with alloy heads/pumps and use Amsoil propylene glycol, no water. Never had a problem and some are stored long periods between use. Used in a Ford V10 tow truck as well.
     

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