Engine EGR spacer tubes has pin holes?

[91GTstroked]

Hey everyone,

I'm gathering parts and will be sending them off to my powder coater next month. My question is, will these two pin holes leak past the hose? Is there a fix, like JB weld?

Thanks

 

[Mustang5L5]

You could always pull the tubes out, drill/tap for 1/8" or 1/4" NPT and install a hose barb.

Is that a stock EGR spacer? I would think those are readily available to just go and get another one. I wouldn't even spend time trying to repair that one

 

[91GTstroked]

You could always pull the tubes out, drill/tap for 1/8" or 1/4" NPT and install a hose barb.

Is that a stock EGR spacer? I would think those are readily available to just go and get another one. I wouldn't even spend time trying to repair that one

Yes it's a stock one....and I just bought it.

 

[rednotch]

Press in a new nipple if you want to, as long as hose has area to clamp on I would just cut them back and flare the end..

 

[nickyb]

Bypass them altogether

 

[Mustang5L5]

Put the hose clamp as close to the spacer on the part of the nipple that still seems robust and it will likely be fine. I'd be tempted to put a little JB weld on the pinholes and sand it smooth. Always a risk of pieces breaking off and entering the cooling system but i think the risk is low.

 

[Noobz347]

Insert a drinking straw into the tube before applying the JB Weld. Remove it before it cures.


If you live in Cali they're illegal so, use a syringe.

 

[rednotch]

Been a while since I had a stock one, but remember boring 1 over size for a 65mm opening and holy that casting had voids in it. Still thinking cutting it back and just flaring it is easiest don't even really need to flare it, there press fit so a little heat and they should come out, new barb , press in or tap it and run a brass barb. Honestly haven't run colant in a spacer for years but understand if your going for stock look. I just don't like JB weld near coolant lol too many flash backs of being young and and patching up beaters with hack fixes. though it did last moat a winter on my K car beater when I was a teenager until the radiator blew up in a snow storm

 

[91GTstroked]

How hard are those tubes to remove? I have another EGR spacer that's great up, but the EGR tubes are in better condition.

 

[rednotch]

Heat and vise grips twisting it pretty much... Do the one with good nipples first, cast aluminum gets crack happy if get too aggressive with heat