Nikasil Coating

[tomcat]

All,

Was the Nikasil Coating ever used on the cylinder inner walls on the LT5 engines?

Manfred E...........
1991 #906

[Jagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by tomcat

All,

Was the Nikasil Coating every used on the cylinder inner walls on the LT5 engines?

Manfred E...........
1991 #906

Yes, the LT5 used Nikasil-plated, aluminum wet liners.
See http://zr1netregistry.com/LT5tech.htm

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by Jagdpanzer

Yes, the LT5 used Nikasil-plated, aluminum wet liners.
See http://zr1netregistry.com/LT5tech.htm

The Nikasil coating which at least on the Jaguars Forum is "Nikasil is a kind of ceramic material" prone to corrosion due to sulfar in gasoline, in the Jaguar XKR & XJR 1997-2000 is when the issue occured for them. Jaguar quit using Nikasil with the mid 2000 models.
Glad we used aluminum.

Thanks for your reply

Manfred E..........
1991 #906

[lbszr]

Originally Posted by tomcat

The Nikasil coating which at least on the Jaguars Forum is "Nikasil is a kind of ceramic material" prone to corrosion due to sulfar in gasoline, in the Jaguar XKR & XJR 1997-2000 is when the issue occured for them. Jaguar quit using Nikasil with the mid 2000 models.
Glad we used aluminum.

Thanks for your reply

Manfred E..........
1991 #906

Were the Jaguar cast iron coated with nikasil?

[tomcat]

Originally Posted by lbszr

Were the Jaguar cast iron coated with nikasil?

Yes, the Nikasil coating was used on XKR & XJR engines from 1997 to mid 2000.

Manfred E......
91 #906