chartersj
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- May 14, 2013
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- 281
After having my first motor with surpentine pulleys for a couple years now I'm getting tired of them always needing attention. Both years I have had to wire brush/sand/file the groves down and re paint them. The paint wears off quick and then the rust starts. The belt dust makes a big mess in the engine compartent and also cannot be good for the motor when it gets into the throttle body. I boat in salt so that obviously accelerates the rust, but it makes me miss the v belt system on my previous motors. That being said I'm looking into replacing the main pulleys this year. I noticed an aluminum raw water pump pulley on eBay, I know aluminum will oxidize as metal rusts but wondering if that would be better and one less pulley to work on as much if I did replace that one with aluminum?