how good is jb weld?

[legacy98gt]

is jb weld strong enough to hold a gas line leak? not a big leak its just a small crack? wat if i put jb weld on it first to let it run in the crack a little and then got some quick steel puty stuff and wraped it for extra strength? ohw long do you think it will last? i can afford a new gas line right now i only need it to hold for like a month think it will work?

[nipper]

Why dont you just cut the bad section and use a rubber fuel line and a couple of hose clamps? It would be simpler, safer, and the accepted repair.

JB weld is good, but i dont think it likes gasoline.

[green97gt]

JBweld held the coolant system of my 83 buick together for 40K

but i would just use rubber hose for a quick fix like he ^ said

[legacy98gt]

thats wat i was thinking too but its right at a connector and would be hard to put a hose in that place you now wat i mean? i have jb weld and quicksteel here think i should try it? im not sure if the jb weld is gas proof or not but i now quicksteel is

[nipper]

It will stand up to gasoline, but i am not sure about gasoline under pressure.


nipper

[legacy98gt]

maybe ill put some jb weld first then put quicksteel over that then put a hose over that and like 5 hose clamps over that lol think it would work?

[Sarra]

Maybe it's just late, but this thread made me LOL. A LOT.

Do it, JB, put some hose over it, and a hose clamp. If that doesn't work, page Superman.

[legacy98gt]

lol if only he could help me cause i cant find my jack lol i guess ill just use the one it came with

[legacy98gt]

and green97gt wat kind of buick did you have? im workin on my 83 regal lowrider project right now

[Sarra]

BTW, I wouldn't recommend doing this at all if the leak was between your injectors and fuel filter. Sounds like it's between your filter and fuel tank, so if anything decides to go viet cong on you, your fuel filter should catch it. I'd actually recommend changing your fuel filter after you do this, at the very least after you get a permanent fix in place.

[impreza_GC8]

Why dont you just cut the bad section and use a rubber fuel line and a couple of hose clamps? It would be simpler, safer, and the accepted repair.

JB weld is good, but i dont think it likes gasoline.
This method sounds good to me, but the one that utilized JB weld, steel and 5 hose clamps is also acceptable.

[legacy98gt]

its right after the filter but its not on my car its on my moms mini van so the filter is under the car right behind the tank i did it anyways we will see if it holds up, i hope it works im tierd of giving here rides everywhere

[impreza_GC8]

im tierd of giving here rides everywhere
She gave you a ride everywhere in her belly for 9 months, the least you can do is drive her around for a little bit while you fix her car!
:smt005

[New GT]

Incorrectly fixing a fuel leak is not a good idea. Fuel and spark = flaming inferno on wheels. Unless you really don't like who ever is driving said vehicle.

[legacy98gt]

well i did it last night and let it set over night started it this morning and its holding so far, i might take it for a wot drive and see if anything happens, i think it worked pretty good cause even if the gas eats threw the glue its still held by a hose and like 6 hose clamps lol, i figured the more hose clamps i got on there the better it would be

[green97gt]

i had an 83 lesabre sedan.

bought it for 300 bucks, drove the piss out of it, even got pulled out of the ditch by snowmobiles once.....then sadly one winter day i burned it down..

[legacy98gt]

to bad i love old buicks, right now i feel like burning this stupid van it has a nother leak, this time its water from the heaer core and its way in the back so that is gona be another mission