TurboJet
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2015
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Good morning all,
Recently pulled my powerhead to replace the thermostats on my V4 crossflow and noticed the adapter plate to powerhead gasket appeared to be leaking.
After pulling the adapter plate off and cleaning the old gasket off with gas and plastic scraper, it looks like either the leaking gasket caused some pitting in the aluminum or when I pulled the plate off the powerhead, some of the paint (powdercoat?) came off with the gasket leaving an "unfinished" surface.
I am curious as to what others think about how smooth I should get the mating surfaces on the plate?
The bottom of the power head looks smooth, I just have to finish cleaning off the gasket.
Should I take the plate to a machine shop and have them take off 0.001?
Should I just coat the gasket with some sealing adhesive and reassemble?
Take it to a powdercoat shop and have it re-caoted?
Paint it and emery cloth it?
Attached are some pics of the plate and the bottom of the powerhead...
Any insight helps!
Recently pulled my powerhead to replace the thermostats on my V4 crossflow and noticed the adapter plate to powerhead gasket appeared to be leaking.
After pulling the adapter plate off and cleaning the old gasket off with gas and plastic scraper, it looks like either the leaking gasket caused some pitting in the aluminum or when I pulled the plate off the powerhead, some of the paint (powdercoat?) came off with the gasket leaving an "unfinished" surface.
I am curious as to what others think about how smooth I should get the mating surfaces on the plate?
The bottom of the power head looks smooth, I just have to finish cleaning off the gasket.
Should I take the plate to a machine shop and have them take off 0.001?
Should I just coat the gasket with some sealing adhesive and reassemble?
Take it to a powdercoat shop and have it re-caoted?
Paint it and emery cloth it?
Attached are some pics of the plate and the bottom of the powerhead...
Any insight helps!
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