THEengineer · Oct 9, 2014

only just cleaned up the spare head it looks fooked

is it scrap

jamesmartin · Oct 9, 2014

which bit looks fooked to you

THEengineer · Oct 9, 2014

the triangle water jacket part deep pitting in it

jamesmartin · Oct 9, 2014

its not in the fire ring and so can be sealed if its too deep for skimming

THEengineer · Oct 9, 2014

jamesmartin said:
its not in the fire ring and so can be sealed if its too deep for skimming

would i be able to use this head as it is,or does it need work?

jamesmartin · Oct 9, 2014

how deep is it ?,theres no reason it cant be sealed

THEengineer · Oct 9, 2014

at a guess about 2 mil,by sealing james do you mean by a head specialist?

jamesmartin · Oct 9, 2014

chemical metal or similar its only got to seal water way

THEengineer · Oct 9, 2014

jamesmartin said:
chemical metal or similar its only got to seal water way

cheers james

pressbrake · Oct 10, 2014

if i have one like that in i ll tig weld the damage up then do a skim chemical metal on a head is filth

jamesmartin · Oct 10, 2014

you have an engineering shop , and if its was on or within fire ring it would make a difference

mudmut · Oct 10, 2014

The straight six jag lump used to suffer that sort of corrosion a lot, we used Belzona and never had any problems

THEengineer · Oct 12, 2014

all sorted,took 5 hours end to end,pretty easy on a 300