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| FFRBob |
06-10-2007 05:35 PM |
Pinhole leak in expansion tank
I guess I'm another victim of a pinhole leak in the brass expansion tank. Is there an easy fix for it? The leak is in the metal itself, not on the seam. I can't justify spending $425 on a stainless one right now.
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| ENTDOC |
06-10-2007 06:41 PM |
I have one for sale for 300 in the parts for sale section. Like new and beautiful, best of all it will never leak.
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| FFRBob |
06-11-2007 01:10 PM |
A little JB Weld on the inside where the leak was and that was all she needed.
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| lineslinger |
06-11-2007 01:20 PM |
Why not solder it?
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| FFRBob |
06-11-2007 03:27 PM |
It is directly behind the overflow tube and hard to get to.
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| Traveller |
07-05-2007 09:41 AM |
If your tank is 30 years old you're fighting a losing battle.
I had an old one that would develop those pin hole leaks and after the 3rd trip to the raidiator shop for repair I broke down and got a new one from Finish Line.
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| convincor |
07-05-2007 06:47 PM |
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| Dwight |
07-05-2007 08:11 PM |
tank
A radiator shop should be able to solder it, if you can not do it yourself.
Dwight
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| SantaFe66 |
07-05-2007 10:25 PM |
I had a serviceable expansion tank stripped, had the inlet turned around to the driver side (including soldering it all back up, and pressure tested, and it's been fine since. I had the brass tank polished ($60) and it looks great.
Mine ended up with several pinholes that the radiator guy soldered up (they weren't on a seam either) and it passed the pressure test. This isn't rocket science. The old ones have a certain character that adds to the vintage look of these motors (my opinion). If you're a neat freak you might not like that, but it worked for me.
Paul
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