[DMCForum] Re: Repair holes in cooling pipe?

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do you know a skilled welder that can weld aluminum?

If not, I'd just buy them NOS or used. It's a part you need, and don't 
wan't failing on you.


-Joe



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <mds328@xxxx> wrote:
> I pulled out some of the radiator coolant piping today.  I removed 
all
> of the aluminum tubing from the water pump to about where the fuel
> accumulator is.  Some of the tubing is actually pitted in some areas
> to the point where there's pinholes in it!  These areas were mainly 
at
> the sections where the rubber joining hose ended.  That is:
> 
> ==aluminum=====|\\rubber\\|=====aluminum===
> 
> Right where the |'s are, is where the pitting was the worst.
> Is there any way to repair this?  I looked and saw the price of those
> tubes is at least $30 each.  Some cost more.  
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Matt
> #1604

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