intercooler hole

[tsi_daggie]

on my stock side mount i took it off to clean it out and stuff and when i got it out the upper outlet had a bunch of white junk corrosion shit on it. when i cleaned the crap off the aluminum was pitted and has a couple holes in it. my ? is

will jb weld hold pressure pretty good, or should i get it welded?

thanks

 

[dustyduff]

Don't even bother fixing it. Try to find a used sidemount somewhere locally. Most people upgrading to a Front Mount will practically just give them away.

 

[CyberEye]

Or just take it to a Rad shop, they'll fix it up nice for you. JB weld may work, try it and find out.

 

[tsi_daggie]

JB weld may work, try it and find out.

true since i got the stuff already im not out anything.

Most people upgrading to a Front Mount will practically just give them away.

know of anyone

 

[dustyduff]

This wasn't a sales plug, but I actually do have a spare sidemount sitting around. PM me if you're seriously looking for one (I'm in Jersey). If not, you could also try classifieds on here and get one locally.

 

[Ian M]

If the holes are very big,JB weld wont hold.

My second GVR4 had a modded Starquest IC (frankenstein looking mess) when I bought it,the welds in one spot had let loose and created a hole. As an experiment, I tried to temorarily fix it until I upgraded my IC setup on my first GVR4,and put the hand-me-down setup on it.

I prepped the area with an angle grinder,and tried both JB and JB Kwik. It would last about 2 days before it would blow out.

It may work OK for small pinners though,as a temporary fix.

 

[Attack Eagle]

are those holes under where the piping is? or external to the coupler???

 

[flinguist]

There's a couple of Hahn sidemounts available on EBAY. Check it out http://search.ebay.com/hahn_eBay-Mo...QfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ6000QQsojsZ1

 

[Attack Eagle]

yep and not a single one is for a turbo DSM

 

[Tsi_User]

i'd say just find another SMIC if you don't wanna upgrade. I bet there's at least 50 people on the boards here that have a SMIC siting around somewhere in their garage. Just post an ad in the classifieds and you're bound to get dozens of responses

 

[tsi_daggie]

i wouldnt minde upgrading to an aftermarket sidemount, just right now i am trying to get my car all fixed and working right before i do major upgrades like a fmic.

but the holes are on the top neck of the intercooler, i actually think that the uicp covers a couple of them but i though since it was so eaten and stuff that it would leak so i am guna do some jb'n tonight to smooth it all out.

also the holes (like 2 or 3) are about the size of a pen tip. so jb should hold.

thanks