a sump sealer

[white_van_man]

hi all i cut and welded my sump and it leaks on the welds would any one know of some think i could use to stop the leaks thanks

[old skool freestyler]

weld it in side and out side

[flyingbanana]

Chemical Metal

 

http://www.motormania.co.uk/product_det ... DescID=243

[Fiesta Steve]

Braze over the welds

[Seals2]

i would braze over the outside weld then use timing cover sealant and seem the inside as the sealant is designed for high tempertures. u can get it from ford and the part number is F1217470. its only a small tube but pukka stuff.

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More welds

[Tom]

not trying to sound horrible but i'd cut it off and do it again.

 

it looks like you need to turn the power up on the mig to get the weld to flow more rather than sit on top of the metal

[Col-ashtonmobile]

you got to braze it m8 only done my v6 sump once 4 years ago and never leaked , dont put sealer inside the sump incase it comes away and starts to congeal around the pick up pipe strainer

[white_van_man]

it looks like you need to turn the power up on the mig to get the weld to flow more rather than sit on top of the metal

i see what you mean welded it again with more power and got the weld to flow but i still have drips here are there , i think i will start again on my other sump as this one has more weld on it then the car and i have started to blow holes in it , i think brazeing it would be better but i dont have one thanks for every bodys help

[Rick]

i wouldnt bother with any sealer or paste or whatever the oil breaks it down

[V8ian]

I think Frost sell a Fuel Tank sealer, designed to be sloshed about the inside of the tank, It may be feasable that if it is petrol resistant, it should be oil resistant?????

[emu]

i think brazeing it would be better but i dont have one thanks for every bodys help

 

I dont know how true it is, but I remember being told that you can solder freshly ground steel?!?!?! Would that make it oil-tight?

[V8ian]

i think brazeing it would be better but i dont have one thanks for every bodys help

 

I dont know how true it is, but I remember being told that you can solder freshly ground steel?!?!?! Would that make it oil-tight?

Yes you can solder steel with the right flux Bakers fluid would probably do the trick probably stube flux as well [if it still exists], but you can buy more aggressive fluxes from specialist engineering shops, you can also normally get things like that from Model Engineering shops, the type that has the steam engine builders catered for.

Ian

[emu]

i think brazeing it would be better but i dont have one thanks for every bodys help

 

I dont know how true it is, but I remember being told that you can solder freshly ground steel?!?!?! Would that make it oil-tight?

Yes you can solder steel with the right flux Bakers fluid would probably do the trick probably stube flux as well [if it still exists], but you can buy more aggressive fluxes from specialist engineering shops, you can also normally get things like that from Model Engineering shops, the type that has the steam engine builders catered for.

Ian

 

Not as simple as cheap flux'd solder from Halfords then