Cylinder head corrosion/ engineers in central Florida

[Rob_Reilly]

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[xk] Cylinder Head Corrosion Welding

Bob Oates’ comment reminded me that I never got around to telling about my experience with my XK120 cylinder head during last winter’s rebuild. It was corroded around all the water passages going to the block, but none going to the intake manifold. I suppose it must be something to do with galvanic reaction between the head and head gasket, which for some reason did not also occur with the intake manifold gasket. This is a standard A-type studless head made by William Mills foundry. I won…