Well, I'd throw it away. But why don't you epoxy it and let us know how it turns out. Write back once a year to let us know how it's going. Your car can be the test bed. A science project of sorts.

 

well 50% of the people who answered this thread say it wil just turn to goo and go all over the engine.. i mean tahts scary ****.. u know.. is there soemthign taht will resist those kind of temperatures, oil and gas?

 

the metal line inside the red circle is the metal thign yim talking about.. mine is half thinner tahn that one.

teh blue is to show how much thivker the oteh roen is compared to that one.

 

this picture is much better

 

ok i just measure teh thickness... the walls on the top of the housing ( the thickest of all ) are about .35 mm and the botom ones or about 15% of the houisng has walls of about .15 mm

 

MAstic plastic
JB WELD
MAGNUM STEEL?
do u guys have ant experience with any of those products?

 

i emailded mazdatrix, atkinsrotary and pinenaple racing.. any more sugestions?

 

your best bet is to get a good housing

 

where dude i payed 60 bucks for this one..

 

you paid 60 bucks for a bad housing

 

I just saw that vid today. I was wondering about that epoxy...

 

If epoxy were to fail when applied as a reinforcement to the coolant seal groove structure, it would only end up in the water jacket, not the combustion chamber or oil system. I don't mean putting the epoxy in the o ring groove when assembling the engine, I mean putting it behind the wall making up the groove which sits in the water jacket in a small cavity right across from the aux port.

Oh and vegeta, please spell better! There is no excuse for such laziness of writing. I don't care if "this is the internet", people are still going to read what you write and what I have observed over the course of your career here has not given me a good impression. My $.02, take it however you choose.

 

ok im trying to write better.. ill try to improve .. promise man.. sorry. thnax for your help

 

bump

 

I am sure turrentine is refering to high temp epoxy in his video for the aux ports and water jacket. Atleast 500F or higher. JB weld is not rated for 500F.

 

Ah, you are talking abour reinforcing the housings. I wouldn't waste time. Just get another housing. Just think how annoying it will be when your fresh rebuild fails due to epoxy failure.

 

I know what he is talking about. He is talking about the width between the combustion chamber and water jacket. He wants to use something to bring it with in specs. If a piece chucks off...it will end up in the cooling system and can either clog the radiator or the water pump.

 

yes what eraumazda said, but getting aother housing might be a bitch but ill try