140 mile update

[mirose]

Just some interesting notes after 140 legal miles:

1) I had raised the ride height for inspection (they care about that)...at 5 front 5.25 rear ride height the car had a decent amount of bumpsteer and was a bit darty....just lowering the car 1/2 inch all around back to specs and its a different car. It has almost no bumpsteer and tracks straight. woo hoo!

2) while I had the car in to adjust the coil-overs I went over the car from head to toe and all major nuts/bolts are nice and tight. Valve cover bolts were slightly loose, but header bolts and intake bolts were fine. I'll check all these every few hundred miles until I am satisfied then I'll check them a little less often. I checked for leaks, and nothing except the standard 1 drip of oil per day from the rear main seal (1968 block....oh well). Brake lines are fine, Fuel lines nice and tight.

3) The only thing that was a bit strange was this one fitting had a different color than all the others...its on a fuel line..going from DS fuel rail to the fuel regulator.

First the "normal" one



Now the slightly different one:



It almost looks like its been exposed to salt water. I have a boat and this is the color that my stainless becomes after a season or two on the water...Anyone have any thoughts on why this would look like this???

The only thing close by is a rubber hose that takes my hot water from the engine to the heater. But I don't see any evidence of a leak there. The only other thing is last week I didn't tighten my coolant cap properly and I DID have some coolant spray around the engine compartment. I guess I might have missed a spot when I was cleaning up and this is what dried, baked coolant looks like on stainless steel???

thanks -Michael

[CraigS]

I wouldn't worry about it. there is always the possibility that the two fittings were from different manufacturering batches so the coating is a little diferent. You mentioned boats so I bet you have some metal polish you use on your boat's rails etc. Try that and see what you get.