You've GOT to be kidding me!!!! - help in Houston!!
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Ok, so I've been getting the car fluffed up for the upcoming year - rebuilt turbo, rebuilt injectors, new suspension, etc. I finally got everything together last weekend and thuoght I had pleeeeenty of time to run with PCA in February.
I noticed I had a tiny oil leak upon first start up. No problem, only fiddled with one oil component and had no oil leak before - HAS to be the oil feed line to the turbo. I had a spare and some similar crush rings so I went ahead and replaced it. I noticed this time I had tar pits under my car upon start up. I figgured it had to be my lame crush rings. This time I had the correct crush rings and noticed I couldnt tighten the banjo bolt. Worried that I had stripped it, I backed the banjo bolt back out.
WTF?!?!?!!!! The freakin' balance shaft housing cracked around the threads!!
Does ANYBODY have a spare driver's side balance shaft housing they're willing to part with?
I noticed I had a tiny oil leak upon first start up. No problem, only fiddled with one oil component and had no oil leak before - HAS to be the oil feed line to the turbo. I had a spare and some similar crush rings so I went ahead and replaced it. I noticed this time I had tar pits under my car upon start up. I figgured it had to be my lame crush rings. This time I had the correct crush rings and noticed I couldnt tighten the banjo bolt. Worried that I had stripped it, I backed the banjo bolt back out.
WTF?!?!?!!!! The freakin' balance shaft housing cracked around the threads!!
Does ANYBODY have a spare driver's side balance shaft housing they're willing to part with?
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JB weld man!
As for tonight, the beer is gone and I have work tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by mein51
I really really want to - but I hate cutting corners. When the car runs it does have decent oil pressure, so maybe its a more viable option. If theres more info on the housings being matched with the blocks it might happen. I'll have to be discreet enough to keep the JB out of the oil outlets on the banjo.
As for tonight, the beer is gone and I have work tomorrow.
As for tonight, the beer is gone and I have work tomorrow.
Buy dinner or something. No big deal.
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It is a fairly thin casting so welding it has a good chance of wapring it - not good since it supports a bearing that has a 12,000 rpm shaft running on it.
I would think about using a good epxoy that is petroleum products compatiable. they make some putty types that you could put in place and then tap. Then I would put a littel locktite sealant (like the girdle type) on the threads of the banjo bolt.
I would think about using a good epxoy that is petroleum products compatiable. they make some putty types that you could put in place and then tap. Then I would put a littel locktite sealant (like the girdle type) on the threads of the banjo bolt.
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Originally Posted by Chris White
It is a fairly thin casting so welding it has a good chance of wapring it - not good since it supports a bearing that has a 12,000 rpm shaft running on it.
I would think about using a good epxoy that is petroleum products compatiable. they make some putty types that you could put in place and then tap. Then I would put a littel locktite sealant (like the girdle type) on the threads of the banjo bolt.
I would think about using a good epxoy that is petroleum products compatiable. they make some putty types that you could put in place and then tap. Then I would put a littel locktite sealant (like the girdle type) on the threads of the banjo bolt.
I was thinking about the epoxy/tap idea myself but wasn't sure if JB would be the epoxy to use. I actually have some of the anaerobic loctite leftover from my rebuilt. I'm a little concerned about any of the epoxy/loctite getting in or clogging that oil line.
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When I was 11 years old I broke into my nieghbors hows and took their 1985 Suzuki 185 quad out. It didn't have rear suspension, just really big, low inflated tires. Well, I jumped way too high and smashed the intire transmission case.
I used JB WELD to patch the wholes and it never leaked again. More importantly, they never knew it happened. That quad still runs.
So the JB weld would definitely work. Kind of a uncooth way to fix it. But, it would work.
I used JB WELD to patch the wholes and it never leaked again. More importantly, they never knew it happened. That quad still runs.
So the JB weld would definitely work. Kind of a uncooth way to fix it. But, it would work.