Rusty 'wheel' in front of engine

[stimshady]

Excuse my lack of engine knowledge, but if i open the bonnet and look straight down between the lump and the fans, there is a wheel attached to the engine with a belt around it - mine looks a rusty colour, it's the only rusty wheel in there - is this normal? My guess is that it can't be treated due to its use or something?

Are other people's rusty?!

[Jockman]

Yup.....we all have the same rusty 'thingy'

[Lunablack]

Jockman said:

Yup.....we all have the same rusty 'thingy'

Don't know what we'd do without your technical expertise mate...

[v8woollie]

Lunablack said:

Jockman said:

Yup.....we all have the same rusty 'thingy'

Don't know what we'd do without your technical expertise mate...

It's good to have him back, isn't it

[Stig]

Crankshaft pulley I assume?

Quite common for these to be made of ferrous material - hence the rust.

[Jockman]

Stig said:

Crankshaft pulley I assume?

Voila !!

Aka, in French, as une thingy rustique

[stimshady]

Stig said:

Crankshaft pulley I assume?

yep, that's the bit (image searched it)

[Lunablack]

v8woollie said:

It's good to have him back, isn't it

Has he ever been away???

[V12Vantage]

I couldn't stand the look of it either, so I painted mine with a gloss black rattle can. I slipped off the belt, cleaned it with some thinners, masked off behind the pulley with news paper and just gave it a few light coats. I turned the engine over on thew starter a few times to make sure I got it all covered. I did manage to get a bit of paint on the aluminium bar but it cleaned off with thinners. A nice satisyfing wet evening project !!

It's been done around six months now and still looks perfect, the rust still hasn't come through again, if it does I will just paint it again.

I also did the alternator pulley at the same time.

[bogie]

yup...black smoothrite (hammerite) works well for ad hoc touch up of modern Astons ...I did my wire mesh grills with it too

[KarlFranz]

Amazing the extent to which we go to make our Astons purdy in areas most will never see.

[mikey k]

Stig said:

Crankshaft pulley I assume?

Quite common for these to be made of ferrous material - hence the rust.

Ferrous for the higher density and higher damping effect on the crank
The OCD amongst us sometimes paint it with black Hammerite

[bogie]

the garage that did my servicing the last few times have painted the brake disc hubs too....so they always look new rather than rusty

..shame the Land Rover dealer cant do the same on my other car...

[goorwich]

bogie said:

yup...black smoothrite (hammerite) works well for ad hoc touch up of modern Astons ...I did my wire mesh grills with it too

Painted mine with black hammerite....girlfriend loves it.

[Cockernee]

Had my brake discs painted to stop them going rusty, they look like CCM discs now

Look great, car won't stop though

Stim, dealer did mine also, very common

[whoami]

goorwich said:

Painted mine with black hammerite....girlfriend loves it.

Is she pregnant?

[goorwich]

whoami said:

goorwich said:

Painted mine with black hammerite....girlfriend loves it.

Is she pregnant?

No !
Just likes the taste.

[Tony V12V]

goorwich said:

whoami said:

goorwich said:

Painted mine with black hammerite....girlfriend loves it.

Is she pregnant?

No !
Just likes the taste.

Glad to see you are now getting the right level of decorum for on here

[V8 Animal]

Salty?

[goorwich]

V8 Animal said:

Salty?

Hi Paul,
Enjoyed meeting you last night.
Salty ?
Well was it ?