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General => General Technical => Topic started by: Welsh Dan on December 11, 2005, 06:36:41 PM

Title: Sealing the oil return on the engine block - welding any good?
Post by: Welsh Dan on December 11, 2005, 06:36:41 PM
Righto, i\'ve recently done a single tubby conversion and so i\'m only using one of the oil returns on the block now (the front one).

I was planning on using a small plate to cover up the oil return which wasn\'t being used, but when I was putting it on and putting the bolts back in, I accidently sheared the bolt, and unfortunately the thread is too short to be removed with pliers and there isn\'t enough room to drill it out.

I\'m temporarily using the plate, along with one bolt and some hi temp JB weld to cover up the hole which works fine, but its still leaking slightly.

Given that I won\'t be returning it to twin turbos and so don\'t need the oil feed, am I ok to get the hole welded up to seal it, as i\'d imagine that will be a lot easier than trying to remove the bit of the bolt thats left in?