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Can Inlet manifolds be welded/reparied?

Started by hanra , Feb 04 2012 12:42 PM

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#1 hanra

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 12:42 PM

Just gave this manifold a strip down and clean and found some corrossion and a hole..... Can this be re-welded and repaired???

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#2 GML-31

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 12:55 PM

just had one fixed myself, cost $125 for about the same amount of work...just took it a cylinder recon joint

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#3 A9X

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 01:10 PM

yep, the manifold on the targa hatch, sitting under those 4 beautiful webers , is the shittiest piece of porous aluminium you can ever see. Been welded and patched a number of times

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#4 dattoman

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 01:33 PM

Ahhhh

Just bog it up with Devcon ... hehe

Yes they can be repaired

I was told to always use a better grade of coolant when theres been a repair to alloy
SO I would suggest using the V6 commodore coolant as a minimum
Genuine stuff... straight from the dealer.... cheap enough