# cracked metal oil filter housing **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078 "2010-05-12T14:32:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/41 "2010-05-20T15:11:04Z")
> [@Watkins Glenn, IRL/Grand Am Photos](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watkins-glenn-irl-grand-am-photos/32065/3): > > Payments on a car who’s sole purpose is to get you from point A to B FTL, caring what you look like in that same car **FTATMFL** For the all time motherfuckin loss? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/42 "2010-05-20T17:51:11Z")
> [@Watkins Glenn, IRL/Grand Am Photos](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watkins-glenn-irl-grand-am-photos/32065/3): > > Payments on a car who’s sole purpose is to get you from point A to B FTL, caring what you look like in that same car FTATMFL This. Paying cash for your daily ftw :number1 ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/43 "2010-05-21T08:24:34Z")
Oh, GM won’t warrant the repair because of the fact that the car was in an accident. :lol ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/44 "2010-05-24T17:37:55Z")
Bump. So metal folks, what would be the best way to fix this? Heat up the quiksteel and wirebrush that off, and then fill the crack with weld? I have an appt @ Govel Welding Friday, and he said he is going to use a MIG to fix it if he can even get the thing down in there. It’s cracked on the inside and outside, and at the top of the housing where the cap goes in. I’m looking for ideas on a permanent fix that will hold up as good as it did before the perforation formed. The last thing I want to happen is for the crack to grow or re-open and run out of oil while I am 200 miles away from home this weekend. Any help would be appreciated! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/45 "2010-05-24T18:00:36Z")
weling is the only option other than getting into another front end accident and sayin it happened from that ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/46 "2010-05-24T18:19:22Z")
> [@NEWYORKFBODY.COM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newyorkfbody-com/32007/7): > > Hey, at least my #4 cylinder still produces in-spec compression. :tongue > [@FS:Guitar hero 2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-guitar-hero-2/32005/2): > > Cool. > > Just adding that onto your monthly payment, or… ? :lol :rofl YEAH SUBARUS ARE AWESOME ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/47 "2010-05-24T22:39:27Z")
I guess what I should have asked was what is the best way to weld it? Just fill it with weld, use a patch, or what? ---
**Author:** ![skateshelter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skateshelter/32/6337_2.png) [@skateshelter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skateshelter)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/48 "2010-05-25T06:06:12Z")
> [@2 yr old raped by pitbull](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-yr-old-raped-by-pitbull/32164/5): > > I guess what I should have asked was what is the best way to weld it? Just fill it with weld, use a patch, or what? Just use tape. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/49 "2010-05-25T06:07:08Z")
> [@What every BBQ needs - V8 Powah!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-every-bbq-needs-v8-powah/32165/4): > > Just use tape. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![underboosted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/underboosted/32/6424_2.png) [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/50 "2010-05-25T06:14:27Z")
Just remember that squeak is a bearing. :lol ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/51 "2010-05-25T06:29:27Z")
> [@2 yr old raped by pitbull](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-yr-old-raped-by-pitbull/32164/5): > > I guess what I should have asked was what is the best way to weld it? Just fill it with weld, use a patch, or what? someone correct me if i’m wrong, but I would drill the end of the crack so it won’t spread further, then clamp the housing to draw the crack closed, then weld, then MAYBE plate over it to prevent it from opening back up in the future. I don’t have pics of where the crack is on the housing, but by the looks of the saturn i worked on yesterday, it aint gonna be fun. Good luck man! ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/52 "2010-05-25T06:41:56Z")
I’m ripping all of the SHIT out of the way that’s on top of the housing (supercharger, intake mani, assorted hoses and wires, etc) so the housing is right there in plain view to be worked on. My quiksteel actually has been holding up! haha, I haven’t leaked a drop of oil and I put about 40 or so miles on the car since. If for some reason George cannot weld it, I am going to fire up my oxyacetylene torch and braze it myself. If that doesn’t work, I am going to take the engine out of the car and throw it into lock 7. ---
**Author:** ![underboosted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/underboosted/32/6424_2.png) [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/53 "2010-05-25T09:55:02Z")
I better get my diving gear ready then :lol ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/54 "2010-05-25T09:56:34Z")
Lets chain it to tdi’s pwc when he isn’t looking. Then tape it as he struggles to leave the dock ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/55 "2010-05-28T13:56:15Z")
I spent the majority of my morning and afternoon tearing the car apart so that George could weld it. It was fine with the exception of a tiny leak from the cap. I replaced the cap (with a new o ring) and that part stopped, but the fucking casting started leaking again. :headbang Fuck this car. There has to be a defect in this casting if even welding isn’t fixing it. Fuck GM and their foam cast cylinder blocks. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cracked-metal-oil-filter-housing/252078/56 "2010-05-28T14:00:35Z")
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