Water muffler

[wp1234]

Just discovered a seam leak on the top of my Vetus Water Muffler (LSG type ) . The weeping seam is in a rather awkward position but at £250 for a new muffler I would like to have a go fixing it .
What is the best stuff to use though ? My thoughts are some sort of plastic repair resin that I can paste along the seam .
Thanks in advance

 

[nimbusgb]

What size muffler is it? Got a vetus part number?

 

[wp1234]

Hi nimbus I'm gonna have to double check the Hose connection is 90 mm but i'm pretty sure it is . The item is :

VETUS PLASTIC MUFFLER TYPE LSG90 90 MM, WITH ROTATING INLET AND OUTLET
128WLKLSG90

 

[wp1234]

This is it

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[cliff]

Sikaflex?
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[wp1234]

the 291 Ok do you think ?

 

[cliff]

That is what I used, cleaned out the "split" into a "V" form, filled with 291 and smeared a little up the sides of the split and covered with a bit of heavy aluminium tape.

Plann "B" if your waterbox gets too hot would be to usea bit of exhaust bandage - (the non setting type) stick it over the split then fix a thin stainless (or aluminium) plate over it held down with a few short, fat self tappers.
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[chas]

What about glass fibre mat and resin? I would not have thought it would get too hot.

 

[ean_p]

try a soldering iron with a flat 'knife' blade on it to 're-weld' the seam like you used to repair footballs when you were a kid

 

[VicS]

Footballs are leather outers with a rubber bladder insde! How can you repair those with a hot knife. You undo the lacing take the bladder out and stick a cycle repair patch on it! Dont think exhast mufflers are like that though!

 

[ean_p]

ah a rich man's perspective..............

 

[Sultans_Kapitein]

More like an older man's perspective /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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