LandRoverTom
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Afternoon.
Hopefully this is the right area to post this, if not appologies.
I have a 6063 aluminium elbow in the cooling system (50:50 OAT coolant and water) for my Land Rover. I want to get a threaded boss welded in it as draining the system is a nightmare so I want to fit a valve to make life easier!
The question is, will I get problems if I have a threaded boss made of 6061 welded into the 6063 elbow?
Then a standard plubing ball valve (chrome plated brass) and a brass balnking plug in that for extra security?
Am I likely to see any corrosion issues (other than ususal wear and tear in an engine bay) between the materials?
If these are likely to give problems, what would peoples suggestion be?
Appologies if this sounds daft or not very well explained, I'm not all that clued up on galvanic corrosion or material types, I only know that with the wrong materials it can cause big problems.
As a side note, I won't be doing the welding as I'm still newer than new with that and definately not up to TIG welding!
Thanks all
Hopefully this is the right area to post this, if not appologies.
I have a 6063 aluminium elbow in the cooling system (50:50 OAT coolant and water) for my Land Rover. I want to get a threaded boss welded in it as draining the system is a nightmare so I want to fit a valve to make life easier!
The question is, will I get problems if I have a threaded boss made of 6061 welded into the 6063 elbow?
Then a standard plubing ball valve (chrome plated brass) and a brass balnking plug in that for extra security?
Am I likely to see any corrosion issues (other than ususal wear and tear in an engine bay) between the materials?
If these are likely to give problems, what would peoples suggestion be?
Appologies if this sounds daft or not very well explained, I'm not all that clued up on galvanic corrosion or material types, I only know that with the wrong materials it can cause big problems.
As a side note, I won't be doing the welding as I'm still newer than new with that and definately not up to TIG welding!
Thanks all