2003 gti turned pipe blowing water

[rkok]

opened up engine area and saw my turned pipe lubricating "blowing water into me engine compartment" How do i fix this? CAn I weld it, what type of metal is it? or could i just use some sealent?

 

[emmaloser1bulldog]

2002 gti

I have the same problem with mine, water sprays out the pipe and I'm not sure if that is normal. It does'nt seem right and need help.

 

[kustomkarl]

Bull dog you need to add your seadoo model and year to your avatar for future questions. If the small round circles are leaking you need to get them welded again. If it seems like a gasket, just replace it.

karl

 

[Magnolia00]

Not sure if you got this resolved but I had the same issue on mine. I found a guy on eBay who repairs them. He's out of California. I sent him mine. Although only one was damaged he removed all four and replaced them with new covers and welds...did a sweet job. Only ran me about 150 for everything. Took only about a 1-2 wks to get it back. If you have any questions let me know.

 

[seadooya]

you can fix it withjb-weld...5 buks. Clean the surface withwire brush, and slap a few coats on. Or take to machine/service shop, and a quik weld job, will permantly fix it for NO MORE than 50 buks, anymore, pm me.

 

[seadoosnipe]

About $6 bucks....

Not sure if you got this resolved but I had the same issue on mine. I found a guy on eBay who repairs them. He's out of California. I sent him mine. Although only one was damaged he removed all four and replaced them with new covers and welds...did a sweet job. Only ran me about 150 for everything. Took only about a 1-2 wks to get it back. If you have any questions let me know.

The tuned pipes are notorious for this. The mineral deposits easily leach out of the water when it circulates through the tuned pipe as it's being preheated. This is normal in all heat type exchangers but normally takes about 10 years before they will wear enough to leak. The minerals are attracted to the metals where they will build up. This is corrosive to the aluminum cast. It will eventually eat through the metal and cause the pinholes.

Three years ago, mine started leaking on my 1997 Challenger. I took it out and grabbed my Dremel tool and started cleaning it out. While cleaning it, I found a lot of weak spots.

I got a piece of aluminum screen and after bringing this down to bare metal, cleaning and burring it up good, patched it with the screen and JB Weld. I haven't had anymore leaks since.

Will it last as long as the professional job the guy did in California? I doubt it. But, I can always pop it off and do it again. For cost, I think I'll just continue to patch it.:cheers:

 

[jmoney]

I have one starting to leak and some corrosion on the others. I've resigned myself to fixing all of them. My question is are these plugs?(for lack of a better word) an engineered weak spot or the thickness of the metal welded on have to be a certain thickness?
jerry monaghan

 

[seadooya]

my understanding, is the bungs are from, how they retrieve the sand/mold from the pipe once casted. Yeah, its real thin aluminum, watch my buddy "chase" the hole, tig welding, til it was all buggared up, but no more leak