why are welds porous
#1
why are welds porous
I sexed these welds together with yea ol' flux. put everything together got it running and couldn't get it to boost. I would accelarate and boost gauge would go straight to 0 never anything positive. I pulled the pipes apart and hit them up with the soapy water and got a bubble bath. the holes are all smaller than a pinhole but there are tons of them.
This was one of the nice ones, didn't leak bad but had one or two pin holes
I tried going over again with yea ol' flux but no haps, the bitch is still leaking so...................I had to hit em' up with the majic ----.......... JB.
Question is.....why are my welds seeping like a pig.
BTW I figured a cool way to pressure test the pipes will post pics tonight. once I'm done JB'ing.
This was one of the nice ones, didn't leak bad but had one or two pin holes
I tried going over again with yea ol' flux but no haps, the bitch is still leaking so...................I had to hit em' up with the majic ----.......... JB.
Question is.....why are my welds seeping like a pig.
BTW I figured a cool way to pressure test the pipes will post pics tonight. once I'm done JB'ing.
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Re: why are welds porous
I had the same thing happen to me on my downpipe and charge pipes I made with my flux core. Here is my super-awesome pressure test method:
Go into a completely dark room (I used the bathroom since every other room had windows) and shine a flashlight through it. Weld up the pinholes, repeat until they are gone.
Go into a completely dark room (I used the bathroom since every other room had windows) and shine a flashlight through it. Weld up the pinholes, repeat until they are gone.
#8
Re: why are welds porous
Originally Posted by z1guy
grind the welds down almost smooth and then apply jb weld, when the jb weld is ALMOST cured hit it w/ a file to smooth it down. fills the holes and doesnt look like ***. then paint.
Originally Posted by sakpase
I tried going over again with yea ol' flux but no haps, the bitch is still leaking so...................I had to hit em' up with the majic ----.......... JB.
#10
Re: why are welds porous
They are the charge pipes, they aren't holding a lot of pressure and not much temperature either, I figure they would hold. Don't most people weld their charge pipes?