Re: Engine fire

Posted by Bob - MI on February 21, 2005 at 12:28:06 from (66.14.205.20):

In Reply to: Engine fire posted by Roger in Iowa on February 21, 2005 at 06:50:37:

If the fire was hot enough to melt aluminum, it generated temperatures of 1100 deg. F and up. Die-castings are usually cast at about 1200 deg F. Heat treatment of parts such as cams, lifters and others are tempered around that same range. I would be concerned about thermal damage to the surrounding parts. No telling how hot it really was. Don"t know about a chemical that will dissolve the aluminum and not harm the iron and steel. Most acids that clean metal will eventually attack the grain boundarys of the metal and weaken it. Cleaning can go to etching quickly. A call to a plater would proably give some good answers.

I guess I would be calling my insurance agent too.

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