Re: White dusty residue in SPICA line

[James Montebello <jamesm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pure speculation: corroded aluminum, esp. from galvanic corrosion (Al in
contact with some other metal, esp. in the presence of water) forms a white
powder.

As for pronunciation, I'll drag out the tired joke:

In 1968, just prior to the release of the new Alfas with the new fuel
injection system, an Alfa was brought over for Sebring wearing Lucas
mechanical injection.  When asked if this was the new system expected
on road cars, the answer was: No Spica, English!

james montebello
one SPICA-equipped Alfa
one SU-equipped Mini

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, PJ Wise wrote:

> Hello All:
>
> As long as there is SPICA talk going on...(when isn't there?) I have a question about
> some white dust-like crud I noticed in the throat and beveled surface of the #1 outlet
> at the pump where the hard line connects.
>
> Last weekend I had to move my stuff from my friend's shed. I was disconnecting the hard
> lines from a pump I purchased from a "good running" '78 Alfetta sedan, (along with the
> manifold, airbox, linkage, etc. to convert my '81 monofarfella SPICA to the 4-butterfly
> manifold) to get everything into a box. 3 of the 4 outlets are whistle clean, as I
> would expect. #1 has what looks like lime scale buildup. I didn't have time to
> investigate further. Do you know what I'm looking at....that is: what is the stuff and
> what will I have to do to diagnose/treat? Someone once told me that the pressures
> developed in the pump were high enough that almost nothing stuck in the injectors. I
> wonder about this however.
>
> Thanks for the info...
>
> Oh, yeah, pronunciation. SPICA, is it spEYE-Ka or spEEE-Ka?
>
> PJ Wise
> Assorted Italian conveyances, including "Verena Ragazza", '81/'78 Spider.
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