Greetings.
Well after taking numerous hoses off my engine to replace, I discovered that where one of the hoses which connects to a section on the throttle body - the bit of metal which it clamps to has rusted right through and snapped off when I took the hose off. Now the hose has virtually nothing to clamp back up to since it's all rust.
I'm not sure what this particular hose does, but given the amount of rust and sludge that was inside it, I don't think it affected anything really. The car is in bits so I can't start it up to see if the hose being off will affect it...
What I was thinking is, since it's on the top part of the throttle body, do you think it will be possible to get a small cylinder bit of metal pipe the same size as the corroded bit (about half a centimetre in diameter) and just weld it on in place so the hose can connect back up?...without removing the throttle body...
Anyone ever had a problem like this? Have you welded any metal to any part of the engine? will this work? argh...
Well after taking numerous hoses off my engine to replace, I discovered that where one of the hoses which connects to a section on the throttle body - the bit of metal which it clamps to has rusted right through and snapped off when I took the hose off. Now the hose has virtually nothing to clamp back up to since it's all rust.
I'm not sure what this particular hose does, but given the amount of rust and sludge that was inside it, I don't think it affected anything really. The car is in bits so I can't start it up to see if the hose being off will affect it...
What I was thinking is, since it's on the top part of the throttle body, do you think it will be possible to get a small cylinder bit of metal pipe the same size as the corroded bit (about half a centimetre in diameter) and just weld it on in place so the hose can connect back up?...without removing the throttle body...
Anyone ever had a problem like this? Have you welded any metal to any part of the engine? will this work? argh...