PS, I'd like to meet the designer at bosch that decided the two spring throttle return was a good idea. I'd like to give him a swift kick in the twig and giggleberries.
water pump and water necks are both aluminum. least thats what my dad came up with. and he fabs stuff out of aluminum all day, every day.
Magnesium needs to hit ~600 Celcius to ignite - you'd be needing oxy/acy to get it started Most magnesium used would likely be an alloy - thus ymmv
I believe the OEM metal t-stat housing and coolant flanges on the head have magnesium in the alloy, but can't find a link to back that up at the moment.Having said that, if you're talking about the product I think you are it's a Subaru part specifically designed to address a known problem with a particular version of their headgaskets... perhaps not really needed on a VW engine running the recommended G11/G12/G12+/G12++ coolant ? Or perhaps I'm thinking of a different product?
i was never too busy with school.. i remember one party we had at the beach. there was at least a hundred rigs. and 50 of those rigs had loads of pallettes. and one of my buddies brought a blown up vw pancake engine. we threw the block in the middle of the fire, and when that thing went off, everyone scattered. it bubbled the paint on a few rigs. i was one of the smart ones that jumped in my rig and backed away when it lit up. it was by far the brightest fire ive ever seen. im sure you could see that fire up in space. we had 100 foot flames coming off that fire.and i just test the metal filings with a propane torch. its worked just fine for me. ive never had anything catch on fire while i was welding on it yet..
Quote from: "Rabbit on Roids"i was never too busy with school.. i remember one party we had at the beach. there was at least a hundred rigs. and 50 of those rigs had loads of pallettes. and one of my buddies brought a blown up vw pancake engine. we threw the block in the middle of the fire, and when that thing went off, everyone scattered. it bubbled the paint on a few rigs. i was one of the smart ones that jumped in my rig and backed away when it lit up. it was by far the brightest fire ive ever seen. im sure you could see that fire up in space. we had 100 foot flames coming off that fire.and i just test the metal filings with a propane torch. its worked just fine for me. ive never had anything catch on fire while i was welding on it yet..Try hitting magnesium with water.. Helluva wake up at 02:30
Quote from: "fdnyguy"Quote from: "Rabbit on Roids"i was never too busy with school.. i remember one party we had at the beach. there was at least a hundred rigs. and 50 of those rigs had loads of pallettes. and one of my buddies brought a blown up vw pancake engine. we threw the block in the middle of the fire, and when that thing went off, everyone scattered. it bubbled the paint on a few rigs. i was one of the smart ones that jumped in my rig and backed away when it lit up. it was by far the brightest fire ive ever seen. im sure you could see that fire up in space. we had 100 foot flames coming off that fire.and i just test the metal filings with a propane torch. its worked just fine for me. ive never had anything catch on fire while i was welding on it yet..Try hitting magnesium with water.. Helluva wake up at 02:30 it explodes doesnt it? never personally tried it, but i know mag fires dont go out very easily at all.and i forgot to mention something.. where we burnt the vw block.. the sand under it was turned into a sort of crude glass. it was crazy. melted the sand..