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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2014, 14:33:19

Title: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2014, 14:33:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FQTjRFw9jU

Get to 7 mins 16 secs. He's doing an engine rebuild and has just removed the head......

 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

Title: Re: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: Broomies Mate on 20 September 2014, 15:30:58

Looks like Spores of some description to me.

Title: Re: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: omega3000 on 20 September 2014, 16:51:03

Dried fuel spores  :-\ looks like its been a non runner for 80 years  :D

Title: Re: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2014, 19:48:00

Fuel spores? As in what fuel turns to when it just sits there???

This is an old tractor  :y

Title: Re: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: Andy H on 20 September 2014, 20:45:22

If it last ran years ago there were probably some acid deposits left in the combustion chamber (due to sulphur in the fuel), add in exposure to damp and you have acid corrosion.

Title: Re: WTF is this on top of this guy's pistons???
Post by: Webby the Bear on 20 September 2014, 23:22:44

Nice one lads! :)

Some pretty disgusting stuff though  :-\