Glues available for sealing intercooler leaks?

[kwazza11]

just pressure tested the intercooler i made and theres about 8 leaks around the cores, mostly the top 4 cores.

thier fairly big leaks as i only tested at 20kpa and could instantly feel the air pissing out. sprayed it with soapy water and the thing leaks like a siv! although i cant actually see the holes with naked eye.

anyone know what glues are available and how successful they are?

hoping i dont have to chop off the tanks and go buy another core...

Karlos

[Jay95R33]

Yepp, there are glues that can be used to seal intercoolers.

When I bought mine, it had 3 largish leaks in it.

I dropped it off to NatRad (any radiator and air con fix it person should do) and they fixed it.

Not shure what the glue is called, but they use it on their air con cores and apparently it's good upto some stupid amount of pressure (I think it's 60psi+ !!!).

It's a two part glue, and after it's set it rck hard, like HEAPS harder than the aluminium.

I hope that helps

J

[Sydneykid]

We use Selleys Knead it, metal repair formula.