Photos of XADO coating on Cylinder Walls

This series of photos was taken of a 3.8 liter Ford 6 cyinder engine. The block was offered to us for core value after a head broke on the engine and the owner decided to replace this engine with one from a salvage yard. Since the block had 295,300 miles on it, this seemed a reasonable decision. (The owner has since related to me he wished he had kept this engine)
The engine was treated with XADO in June of 2005 at 273,269 miles, so it ran roughly 22,000 miles with XADO.
It is obvious how "glassy" the cylinders are from a shallow angle. See the next item for a steeper angle and a view of the metal beneath the coating.


From this angle, you can see the surface of the metal under the coating. More like what you would expect to see in a block with this kind of mileage.

Just one more angle to show the extreme high gloss of the cermet surface

This news article is taken from XADO America