I was replacing my lower oil lone because it had a smack crack in it. When I finished that I went to turn the car on and there was STILL oil dripping from the oil cooler! It was about 11pm by this stage so I just left the car on jack stands.
Today I got back to it and found out that the top tread on the oil cooler is cracked! And the fitting wasn’t sitting in tight! I’ll try and get some pictures to explain.
What I’m planning on doing now is oxy welding the thread back together along with welding the fitting tight in so it won’t ever leak again.

Are you able to use brass oxy rods on aluminum? That’s all I have, or should I go buy an aluminum rod?

Thanks

 

In welding class we always either just used the torch to melt it back together, used a thin strip of cut aluminum, or the TIG welder with aluminum .

~T.J.

 

I took mine to a shop and had it welded for $70. He welded the hell out of it. Looks good, I'll try to get a photo.

Right on.

 

i was speaking to my uncle 2night and he knows his stuff when it comes to welding, and said there isnt any other way to weld it but to TIG it. oxy welding wouldnt work. looks ive got a job for this week, finding some place with a tig welder..