Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

Hey will i cause any problems by tacking (MIG) 2 nuts onto the scroll of my exhaust housing? Iam making up a heat shield and bolting it straight onto the housing seems the easiest as im pressed for room. It will be under ---- all load. It seems my engine bay got hot enough to set my firewall carpet a light lol. cheers

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

If your cathing ---- on fire your better off getting a turbo blanket.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

----, he needs to get a fire blanket too and put that under the carpet on the interior.
Temp solution - raise up the rear of the hood a little with some washers/nuts to let some of the hot air out and bring the temps down a little.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

they are both good suggestions so ill just say were the ---- are you from?? that cant be 2nd grade english your speaking???

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

I was just really tired last night and fell asleep after I typed that.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

Well thanks for the suggestions. The vehicle is a 2wd L300 mitsubishi van so the bonnet is my seat so i cant go lifting that ----. :6. I dont want to use a turbo blanket if i dont have to.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

yes you can. will work even better if you heat the housing up first, weld it, then let it cool on its own.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

Thanks champ ill see how that goes.

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

are you joking or being serious?

Re: Welding onto turbo exhaust housing.
 

Monster D forgot to capitalize, insert commas, a couple of apostrophes, and periods. You sir, have failed more than Punka.