coated header question
#1
coated header question
I saw where if you headers are coated on the inside that you should replace the 02's after a while as the coating will foul them. My mid Pacesetters are coated on the outside but not the inside. Will this kill the o2's? Will it happen anyway as the heat will burn some residue off?
#2
I saw where if you headers are coated on the inside that you should replace the 02's after a while as the coating will foul them. My mid Pacesetters are coated on the outside but not the inside. Will this kill the o2's? Will it happen anyway as the heat will burn some residue off?
#3
Maybe I shouldn't comment because I don't have them yet but I thought i understood that the coating was inside and out. The idea is to insulate and protect from moisture.
As for the O2 sensor question. Once again, I've read it more than once, the O2s can be ruined by the out-gassing of the ceramic when heated. The general consensus seems to be to drive it for a week or two and then put the good O2s back in. It would be nearly impossible to just remove and use a plug for that time and to find old O2 sensors for the break in period would be hard to do IMHO.
As for the O2 sensor question. Once again, I've read it more than once, the O2s can be ruined by the out-gassing of the ceramic when heated. The general consensus seems to be to drive it for a week or two and then put the good O2s back in. It would be nearly impossible to just remove and use a plug for that time and to find old O2 sensors for the break in period would be hard to do IMHO.
#4
Its a hit or miss with the coating, if your 02s have alot of miles on them like mine did, then I wouldn't worry about it. If you get an SES light due to a contaminated 02 sensor, then just replace them.
#5
The cera-metallic coating only works if its applied to both sides of the primaries. And it has nothing to do with moisture. The inner layer relfects the exhaust gas heat back into the gasses, so it can't travel through the tube metal to the outside surface. If the outside of the tube gets hot enough, it pours heat into the underhood area, and the high surface temp allows the iron in the mild steel to combine with the oxygen in the air and form rust.
An external "only" coating would not affect the O2 sensors at all.
The connection between the initial burnoff from the cera-metallic coating and the O2 sensors is sort of speculative - no one cold come up with a scientific explanation when we looked at this on the Advanced Tech forum. But it makes sense to play it safe and avoid installing brand new sensors for the initial startup on the headers.
An external "only" coating would not affect the O2 sensors at all.
The connection between the initial burnoff from the cera-metallic coating and the O2 sensors is sort of speculative - no one cold come up with a scientific explanation when we looked at this on the Advanced Tech forum. But it makes sense to play it safe and avoid installing brand new sensors for the initial startup on the headers.
#6
Armor*Coat won't discolor like paint, chrome or dull finish coating, reduces underhood temperatures, resists rust and corrosion and is easy to keep clean.
Last edited by 01Z; 03-05-2007 at 01:30 PM.
#7
Armor*Coat won't discolor like paint, chrome or dull finish coating, reduces underhood temperatures, resists rust and corrosion and is easy to keep clean.
Its a popular misconception that header wraps cause rust because the wrap "traps moisture"..... that's not the case. With wraps, the tube metal temperature gets even hotter and rusts faster. Not from moisture, just from the excessive temperature.
#9
They don't mention moisture at all. The "rust" is caused by elemental iron in the mild steel combining with the oxygen in the air at tube metal temperatures above 1,000-degF.
Its a popular misconception that header wraps cause rust because the wrap "traps moisture"..... that's not the case. With wraps, the tube metal temperature gets even hotter and rusts faster. Not from moisture, just from the excessive temperature.
Its a popular misconception that header wraps cause rust because the wrap "traps moisture"..... that's not the case. With wraps, the tube metal temperature gets even hotter and rusts faster. Not from moisture, just from the excessive temperature.
It is true that rust does not require water and that heat is the catalyst for the creation of this new molecule. However, not only is there a lot of oxygen in water, its presence provides for an electrochemical reaction.
Heat is needed for the electrochemical process in the joining of these atoms into the new element. Water greatly enhances that reaction by providing a good source of oxygen and acting as an electrolyte. Bonding an air/water tight barrier to steel will hinder the 2nd element from joining the iron. As far as I understand, the ceramic coating does a fair job of isolating the iron as well as insulating it from heat. Header wraps do as you said and make for even greater heat to initiate the process but they also hold moisture, the 2nd element and the electrolyte, against the steel after the metal cools. It's not a misconception as much as it is an incomplete understanding.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm
Adding this for mrmint69. I appologize for diverting your thread. I'll stop at this point - I'm sorry.
Last edited by 01Z; 03-07-2007 at 06:45 AM.
#10
Rust is 2 atoms of iron combined with 3 atoms of oxygen to form a new molecule - Fe2O3.
It is true that rust does not require water and that heat is the catalyst for the creation of this new molecule. However, not only is there a lot of oxygen in water, its presence provides for an electrochemical reaction.
Heat is needed for the electrochemical process in the joining of these atoms into the new element. Water greatly enhances that reaction by providing a good source of oxygen and acting as an electrolyte. Bonding an air/water tight barrier to steel will hinder the 2nd element from joining the iron. As far as I understand, the ceramic coating does a fair job of isolating the iron as well as insulating it from heat. Header wraps do as you said and make for even greater heat to initiate the process but they also hold moisture, the 2nd element and the electrolyte, against the steel after the metal cools. It's not a misconception as much as it is an incomplete understanding.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm
Adding this for mrmint69. I appologize for diverting your thread. I'll stop at this point - I'm sorry.
It is true that rust does not require water and that heat is the catalyst for the creation of this new molecule. However, not only is there a lot of oxygen in water, its presence provides for an electrochemical reaction.
Heat is needed for the electrochemical process in the joining of these atoms into the new element. Water greatly enhances that reaction by providing a good source of oxygen and acting as an electrolyte. Bonding an air/water tight barrier to steel will hinder the 2nd element from joining the iron. As far as I understand, the ceramic coating does a fair job of isolating the iron as well as insulating it from heat. Header wraps do as you said and make for even greater heat to initiate the process but they also hold moisture, the 2nd element and the electrolyte, against the steel after the metal cools. It's not a misconception as much as it is an incomplete understanding.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm
Adding this for mrmint69. I appologize for diverting your thread. I'll stop at this point - I'm sorry.
#11
Rust is 2 atoms of iron combined with 3 atoms of oxygen to form a new molecule - Fe2O3.
It is true that rust does not require water and that heat is the catalyst for the creation of this new molecule. However, not only is there a lot of oxygen in water, its presence provides for an electrochemical reaction.
Heat is needed for the electrochemical process in the joining of these atoms into the new element. Water greatly enhances that reaction by providing a good source of oxygen and acting as an electrolyte. Bonding an air/water tight barrier to steel will hinder the 2nd element from joining the iron. As far as I understand, the ceramic coating does a fair job of isolating the iron as well as insulating it from heat. Header wraps do as you said and make for even greater heat to initiate the process but they also hold moisture, the 2nd element and the electrolyte, against the steel after the metal cools. It's not a misconception as much as it is an incomplete understanding.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm
Adding this for mrmint69. I appologize for diverting your thread. I'll stop at this point - I'm sorry.
It is true that rust does not require water and that heat is the catalyst for the creation of this new molecule. However, not only is there a lot of oxygen in water, its presence provides for an electrochemical reaction.
Heat is needed for the electrochemical process in the joining of these atoms into the new element. Water greatly enhances that reaction by providing a good source of oxygen and acting as an electrolyte. Bonding an air/water tight barrier to steel will hinder the 2nd element from joining the iron. As far as I understand, the ceramic coating does a fair job of isolating the iron as well as insulating it from heat. Header wraps do as you said and make for even greater heat to initiate the process but they also hold moisture, the 2nd element and the electrolyte, against the steel after the metal cools. It's not a misconception as much as it is an incomplete understanding.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question445.htm
Adding this for mrmint69. I appologize for diverting your thread. I'll stop at this point - I'm sorry.
And I too am sorry for leading this thread astray. It won't happen again............................................. .........................today.
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