Well Rlent,could this have been caused by removing the plug while the aluminum was hot???
Oh yeah .....
undoubtedly .... sounds like just more
hillbilly rural legend to me ....
Maybe a good idea for a thread in The Loading Dock (Hillbilly Rural Legends) ..... perhaps you could start it off ?
BTW, since we last spoke about the
thermal properties of aluminum, I successfully
removed & replaced the remaining four (steel) glowplugs in the
aluminum cylinder head on my Sprinter ..... by placing a piece of plastic over the radiator grill and high-idling the engine
to get it really, really good and warm .....
All four came out, as Mike Myers would say:
"Like butta ....." .... with no evidence of any residual aluminum on the threads of the glowplugs (I have them here in the truck if you would like pics)
Surely not, that would mean you were wrong.
In this instance you are likely correct - most likely it is
surely not (because the aluminum was hot) ... but because, as piper1 points out some
retard cross-threaded the thing, stripping it .... and then decided it was it was the
aluminum's fault for being the wrong temperature .... and blamed
that, rather recognizing than his own ineptness and incompetence (lemme know if any of this is sounding just a little too familiar
)
Maybe you can find something on the INTERNET to explain to me (a man who has welded 40ft. under water) how metals expand and contract or what metals are comprised of again,
I'm sure I could .... whether or not you would be able to comprehend it, could be another matter entirely ....
In fact, if you really, really want, I'm sure I could dig up some reference materials from both Lincoln and Miller ..... might even have some of them here on the laptop, since I get periodic e-mailings from both companies .... if not, there's always the library at the house .....
I laughed myself to tears the last time.
Well, I'm glad that I was able to provide you some amusement, and to see that you chimed in here on this thread with some useful info ...... oh, wait .... that's right .... you didn't really provide any useful info ..... did you ?
No real solution to the guy's actual problem, just a "me too" ... "what he said" ..... nice .... (ya ever have any original thoughts ?)
(I do have to say, Turtle's idea on the fumoto is a good one .... following his advice allowed me to change my oil nearly effortlessly, numerous times, while out on the road - thanks Ken !)
Cruzer, I'd say it might have been the fumes in your case
, but you were an underwater welder apparently .... so we really can't use that as an excuse now can we ?