RE: Zak asked: crack in GTV6 water tank

["Barrett, Jim" <JiBarrett@domain.elided>]

Actually, I bought one from Alfa Bill, which failed, and he replaced free of
charge (thanks Bill!). When it leaked, I bought another from Alfa Parts, and
it was Ruth Ann who advised adding glue to the seams. When it gave up, I
couldn't stand the insecurity of possibly frying that wonderful V6, and went
with aluminum. The local shop can make more, if anyone is interested-
contact me off-Digest, and I will provide their information.

JB

HB CA USA

-----Original Message-----
From: George Graves [mailto:gmgraves@domain.elided]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:03 AM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Cc: JiBarrett@domain.elided
Subject: Re: Zak asked: crack in GTV6 water tank


Where did you buy that tank? IAP swears that theirs are good.


George Graves
'86 GTV-6


On Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003, at 21:51 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:

>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:02:06 -0500
> From: "Barrett, Jim" <JiBarrett@domain.elided>
> Subject: Zak asked: crack in GTV6 water tank
>
> Well, the good news is that you know you have the leak, and where; 
> when our
> tank leaked, the hole was obscured, and the car began to overheat 
> (really
> not good!!!).
>
> The not so good news is that although they are available, and critical 
> for
> your cooling system to operate, this latest run of production seams to 
> have
> poor adhesive holding it together. When I bought my last example, I was
> advised to put a bead of glue around the seam to improve its chances of
> functioning; it still leaked eventually, and I took it as a pattern to 
> be
> duplicated in aluminum. The result turned out quite nicely, and is 
> secure.
> However its production cost definitely didn't fit the normal cheap Alfa
> owner expense profile...
>
> Jim Barrett
> Huntington Beach, CA  USA
--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided