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[weaselnoze]

so im stupid. i was workin on my car yesterday and i moved the powersteering resivoir to get to soemthing else.  well i set it on a belt and forgot about it. drove around and burned a hole through it.  is there anything i can use to patch the hole or do i need to buy a new one?

[LimaXray]

power steering fluid? idk,  I've used caulk on a coolant overflow tank before and that worked.  dunno if thatd hold up to power steering fluid tho. 

another thing you could try is plastic epoxy.  It bonds to plastic pretty well, and I've used to to recreate small broken parts before.   Try getting some really fine fishing line, and crazy glue pieces of it perpendicular across the cut, then fill in the cut with some epoxy.  It's worh a shot.  otherwise try calling some junk yards

[weaselnoze]

im gonna look to see if i have any epoxy.. any one else?

[roguegeek]

When in doubt, check your blinker light fluid.

[Egaeus]

I think you're screwed.  That looks like polyethylene.  It can't be epoxied reliably. 

[94suzuki500]

wuss, you dont need power steering. 

[TragicImage]

www.partsamerica.com



or a junk yard.

[Phaedrus]

<knock knock>

"who's there?"

"JB"

"JB Who?"

"JB Weld! Lemme in."

"Ok"



I wonder if JB Weld would work in this situation. I know epoxy was already mentioned, but I think you should give JB Weld a chance. If it doesn't work, you are out what, $3? 

[weaselnoze]

i thought about jbweld. i ahve some too.  but i uh... went ahead and put on some epoxy 

[Phaedrus]

Did it work?

[LimaXray]

drum roll....

[weaselnoze]

idk we'll see!

[Egaeus]

JB Weld is just an epoxy, and it doesn't bond polyethylene either.  I've tried multiple times.

[Phaedrus]

JB Weld is just an epoxy, and it doesn't bond polyethylene either.  I've tried multiple times.

You are right. 

I checked out JBWeld.net

Q: Is there anything that J-B Weld WON'T bond to?
A: J-B Weld will not adhere to, or bond well to:

Any flexible rubber surface
Leather
Vinyl
Canvass
Polypropylene plastic
Polyethylene plastic

So I wondered, what DOES bond to polyethylene?

..and found this via Google:

http://www.glubie.com/01_Pages/aerosol-spray-adhesives.htm

[Egaeus]

3M also makes a 2-part acrylic that bonds to polyolefins.  It's Scotch-Weld Structural Plastic Adhesive part no. DP-8005.

[starwalt]

JB Weld is just an epoxy, and it doesn't bond polyethylene either.  I've tried multiple times.

Here's another freaky feature of JB Weld....while still liquid, it will jump through the air toward the isocenter of an MRI magnet if you try to apply it anywhere near the open bore the thing.  Really.

I was trying to repair a leaking water manifold on an MRI system and all I had was JB Weld. It was weird and funny at the same time. We had a helluva time trying to catch the stuff mid air until we came to our senses and just moved away from the magnet.

It looked like that black-oil alien effect on the X-Files. Creepy and cool at the same time.

BTW, I'd just get another tank.

[weaselnoze]

getting a new reservoir is gonna be a lil harder than i thought.  i called a few places and none of them 'sell' that part.  well where the hell do u get it if not an auto parts store?

[TragicImage]

junk yard.

[weaselnoze]

nearly impossible to find my year civic at a junkyard.  the scavengers bring old beat up vans everyday to the yard and a whole team of them strip any imports esp civics, within minutes... well so it seems 

[Phaedrus]

Try the dealer or a body shop. They will get it, but you will pay out the ass.

Try online..Ebay, Car-Part.com, or Honda Civic boards.