Ok here goes.
Welltroll challenger series tank. installed in 2001.
A few months ago my pressure tank started leaking. I cut the 1' line, pulled the tank and found a pin hole in the cast iron elbow.
Simple enough. I drilled out the hole, tapped it for a 4-40 thread and screwed in a stainless steel screw.
2 months later (Yesterday).MORE WATER.I cut the line, pulled the tank and although my original repair held. There are now two more holes on the other side of this 1 inch cast iron elbow about 2 or 3 mm in size. A couple of pieces of thick rubber placed over the area and a SS hose clamp fixed it (for now).
The puzzling thing is that this piece seems to be wearing out from the inside and it is welded on to the tank and doesn't look like it can be removed.
I'm pissed because if there are pin holes in the casting and these are letting loose isn't that a manufacturers defect ??
Things are tight and I cant afford to buy a new tank. Can this one be repaired.
I assume this is cast iron as that it looks like a regular 1"elbow can this be welded or braised or SUPER PUTTIED hahahaha!!!how about JB weld.
Any body have any tricks or ideas. I would be afraid the heat the tank up to pull off the old elbow...HEEEELLLP.
Welltroll challenger series tank. installed in 2001.
A few months ago my pressure tank started leaking. I cut the 1' line, pulled the tank and found a pin hole in the cast iron elbow.
Simple enough. I drilled out the hole, tapped it for a 4-40 thread and screwed in a stainless steel screw.
2 months later (Yesterday).MORE WATER.I cut the line, pulled the tank and although my original repair held. There are now two more holes on the other side of this 1 inch cast iron elbow about 2 or 3 mm in size. A couple of pieces of thick rubber placed over the area and a SS hose clamp fixed it (for now).
The puzzling thing is that this piece seems to be wearing out from the inside and it is welded on to the tank and doesn't look like it can be removed.
I'm pissed because if there are pin holes in the casting and these are letting loose isn't that a manufacturers defect ??
Things are tight and I cant afford to buy a new tank. Can this one be repaired.
I assume this is cast iron as that it looks like a regular 1"elbow can this be welded or braised or SUPER PUTTIED hahahaha!!!how about JB weld.
Any body have any tricks or ideas. I would be afraid the heat the tank up to pull off the old elbow...HEEEELLLP.