Hole in exhaust??

[Marty290]

I found a small hole in my 96 Speedster cooling system and was curious to know if I can patch it up with some water weld to last the next couple of weeks? The hole is about half the size of a pencil eraser.

Thoughts???

 

[Coastiejoe]

Is it leaking water or exhaust?

 

[Marty290]

All water....

 

[Marty290]

Right behind the hose clamp on the tuned pipe...

 

[Coastiejoe]

Many have used JB weld and have had great success.

Over the winter, mostly because I am so anal about my stuff, I'd pull the manifold, sand blast the entire thing, get it welded then paint it back up.

But like I said, that's just the way I am about my stuff.

 

[jdfrye]

I had the same small pin hole on a family vacation and ended up putting a rubber hose on it with a hose clamp to get me through the vacation. got it home and poked at the pin hole and it became a bigger hole. i roughed it up and put two coats of the JB weld and have not yet tested it in the water but will next weekend. Looks crude but a few people said that this works. figured i'd try it before the welding

 

[mlebauer]

Does the exhaust hole affect the engine performance? I've got the same problem and have already put a coat of JB Weld on. The engine isnt running well and I'm hoping patching the hole fixes it, else I have another problem.

 

[Marty290]

Thanks for the advice... I loaded the area up with JB water weld last night and will let it set till next weekend and i will test it then. Will keep you posted. Thanks

 

[Marty290]

Thanks for the advice... I loaded the area up with JB water weld last night and will let it set till next weekend and i will test it then. Will keep you posted. Thanks

Splashed her last night and so far so good. No water to be seen so JB is working for now.

 

[El Toro 33809]

Does the exhaust hole affect the engine performance? I've got the same problem and have already put a coat of JB Weld on. The engine isnt running well and I'm hoping patching the hole fixes it, else I have another problem.

The hole itself would not make the boat run poorly. If the water was leaking/spraying into the wrong place it could.

 

[jdfrye]

Thanks for posting results, I haven't had a chance to test my 95 Speedster port engine yet that I did the same thing on. Good news though!