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Weld a broken egr cooler’s bracket

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Kuang, Feb 28, 2019.

  1. Kuang

    Kuang Member

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    Do you know any shop I can go to weld a broken ego cooler bracket? I live in Orange County, SoCal. Thanks
     

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    Any muffler shop can weld that quickly.
     
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    Just use jb weld and you’ll be fine;).

    Mine had a similar issue and it worked well(y).
     
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    How do these break?
     
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    Is that the lower bracket? In any event, I would just do nothing, and leave the fasteners off at that location; the entire assembly will still be very stable.

    FWIW: @Ragingfit, when installing 4th Gen engines in 3rd gen car, has the EGR free-spanning from the exhaust to intake manifold connection, no intermediate connections.
     
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    I BOUGHT EGR from eBay and did not pay attention the break. Then I clean my car's EGR last month and replaced it with the broken one but The coolant was leak from where it broken
     
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    Use it without welding or mounting that PIA bracket, it will be fine without it as long as there is no coolant leaking.
    If you desire to weld it that is stainless and muffler shop probably cannot weld it
     
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    Ever see a parts yard remove parts:whistle:?

    Let’s just say that they don’t pay people to carefully remove parts;).
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    You know what?
    I don't remember using JB-weld anytime in my life but this would be a perfect case for me giving it a try.

    A quick trip through the Googles told me that they make a 'steel stick' blend that's:

    -rated for stainless
    -less than $5 (maybe even in the California)
    -widely available
    -temperature and strength rated for this application

    If I woke up with this problem that would be my first solution, since anyone who is holding an EGR cooling bracket in their hand is a good candidate to attempt this type of repair.

    My fallover would be a muffler shop as mentioned above, especially out on the left coast.
    Stainless is very common in exhausts.
    Even my 2009 pickemuptruck uses this material.
    If a muffler shop can't work with stainless then they're going to be out of business before the end of the month.

    It's literally a 5-minute fix that should be less than $20.
    4x more than the JB Weld and probably only a little better....

    Of course, any competent back-yard mechanic might tell you that a bracket with 2 bolt holes will probably work with one bolt, and this 'repair' will be even cheaper and faster than the JB Weld.
    Engineers get paid to make things more complicated than they need to be, and the second bolt was probably designed as a spare.

    Good Luck!
     
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    I came a muffler shop and the technician just spend 1 minute to weld it and charged me $10.
     
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    I am glad to see a cheap, easy, and fast happy ending. :sneaky:
     
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