Chris05

Hey guys, I scraped my pan today enough to have a slow leak out of one of the scratches. Can I use a regular tig welder to fix it ? It's tiny and a quick tack would fix it by the look of it. Trying to epoxy it so will see if it holds. Pan is a
CTS-V pan if that matters.

JoeNova

If you're good with a TIG, yes. But I would remove the pan and clean it before trying to TIG weld it. Oil sitting on the back of that weld won't end well.

Nali6.2

contaminated metal is a pita to weld if your not very good at it. but I would definitely take it off and clean it real well first

Forcefed86

iTrader: (4)

For what it's worth JB weld epoxy works great. No need to take off pan either if you do it right.

Drain oil

Plug any of your VC vents and put a shop VAC on the filler tube and duct tape it.

Turn vac on and spray leaking area well with brake clean. Use a lot. It cleans inside the crack and behind it as the vac sucks in the fluid.

Let the vac run a good 3-4 mins to evap all the brake cleaner

Dab JB weld on the area with the vac on. It pulls the epoxy into the crack. I left the vac on for a good hour and mixed the JB weld kinda hot.

Good luck!

G-Body

iTrader: (4)

Tig is fine, the guy that I had weld a couple of pans said they were actually really easy material to weld. Of course you have to have it clean first.

Brake cleaner till it was clean, pressure washed, then soaked it in hot water and dawn dish soap overnight and rinsed.

Rumor has it the dishwasher on pots/pans does really well........just don`t get caught.

Chris05

Thanks guys, so far so good with the JB weld. If it starts to leak again I'll have to call in a welder.

DW SD

NOTE: be careful with cleaning with brake cleaner - pre-welding. lots of articles out there about welders sustaining permanent damage or even death due to the fumes created from welding after use of brake cleaner.

http://www.brewracingframes.com/safe...sgene-gas.html

I realize a non-issue with JB Weld. And good luck with the repair! Sounds like a great tip with the vacuum cleaner on the crankcase.

Doug

Pop N Wood

iTrader: (1)

Dang. Great idea.

Shamed to say I've used JB weld on gas tank pin holes with perfect results.

Phosgene was used in WWI to kill troops. The brake cleaner warning is real.