Rust behind Heat shield/ turbo

[ramizali]

Can someone please tell me why is rusted?

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[zrk]

Because it's iron and iron rusts.

 

[Thraxbert]

To expound on Zrk's reply:

Several components in a turbo setup are made of iron. This improves durability, reliability, and heat tolerance compared to other metals. This iron is exposed to aggressive heating/cooling cycles. This causes a harmless layer of iron oxide (rust) to form on the exterior. This is totally normal of turbo setups that use cast iron hotsides and/or manifolds.

 

[ramizali]

Because it's iron and iron rusts.

So there wouldn’t be any problems

To expound on Zrk's reply:

Several components in a turbo setup are made of iron. This improves durability, reliability, and heat tolerance compared to other metals. This iron is exposed to aggressive heating/cooling cycles. This causes a harmless layer of iron oxide (rust) to form on the exterior. This is totally normal of turbo setups that use cast iron hotsides and/or manifolds.

thanks for this info. It just really helped me stop from over thinking lol

 

[Benjilis]

I posted about the same. Glad I’m not the only one

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