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Posted: 4/21/2014 3:04:12 PM EDT
Patient is a 98 honda civic. My son's
He didn't put coolant in it instead put in water and we had some freezing weather. 
Those bolt holes hold on the thermostat housing to the water pipe. Thoughts? |
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Posted: 4/21/2014 3:15:33 PM EDT
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I'm assuming that the part that is cracked is part of the cylinder head....in which case he's probably screwed. Do you have the part the broke off? If you do you might me able to JB Weld it back on if not you might just have to glob on quick steel putty, then drill hole and use heli coil to make threads....it's going to be a mickey mouse repair.
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Posted: 4/21/2014 3:17:45 PM EDT
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Nope it's the block that those holes are part of.
I'm considering mickey mouse repair right now. No good options are coming to mind I'm afraid |
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Posted: 4/21/2014 3:23:33 PM EDT
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maybe something like this
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Posted: 4/21/2014 3:58:51 PM EDT
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rather than try to fix that, can you not clamp the housing on to that pipe some how?
it appears to be an o-ring seal only anyway. don't know what the other side of that pipe looks like, but it seems like you could adapt something to hold the housing on to it instead for the time being. just enough to get the motor running to see if something else further inside broke anyway. the next thing would be to make a plate to bolt to the remaining hole so you could off set bolt the housing to that plate instead of the missing ear. |
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Posted: 4/21/2014 4:06:52 PM EDT
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before you put money in that make sure that's the only damage. cylinder walls are OK. frost plugs are tight. water pump is OK. cylinder head is OK
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Posted: 4/21/2014 5:14:28 PM EDT
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Weld it. I had a Nissan 200SX that I bought as a wreck. The front of the cylinder head was shattered. Had a local shop weld the pieces back together. Drove that car for 10 yrs after that
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Posted: 4/22/2014 4:57:51 AM EDT
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That IS a crack extending from that broken bolt hole boss isn't it? What's that bolt hole part of? The block or the head?
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Posted: 4/22/2014 10:22:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
That IS a crack extending from that broken bolt hole boss isn't it? What's that bolt hole part of? The block or the head? Pretty sure it's just a casting flash and not a crack. It's the block not the head. If it was the head I'd toss another on there and call it a day. |
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Posted: 4/23/2014 2:41:20 AM EDT
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JB Weld can work miracles. What do you have to lose?
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Posted: 4/23/2014 2:53:07 AM EDT
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What about using one of those aluminum repair sticks I've seen sold at gun shows? Fill it all in and drill and tap.
ETA: http://www.durafix.com |
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