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Originally Posted by speednjay
I’ve used Krazy glue on radiators before and it held up for about A year. Should only be 200 degrees on there I was just saying to glue the hose on then clamp it. The glue would give it that extra oomph
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Krazy Glue is a specific brand. Superglue is a generic word for all of them. I would not count on all of the Superglues being the same.
On the other hand the slow curing JB Weld advertises it is good for up 250 degrees F. I have also used the Duro product that also had on the package it could be used up to X amount of heat.
Since the Mercedes Engines are so expensive to fix I don't feel it is worth taking a chance on superglue. Gassers on the other hand are much cheaper to fix and it is easier to find a used engine.
When I worked at one place a Forklift had a core/freeze plug rust through at the very back of the cylinder head. Unfortunately the Ball Housing covered over half of it. The Bell Housing was made of extremely hard metal and it resisted my attempts to grind the Bell Housing to get at the plug.
After degreasing it I filled the freeze plug with some 5 minute Epoxy I had and let it sit for 2 hours. Once they started using the Forklift they got only one hours use out of it before the heat did in the Epoxy.
The next day I came to work with the slow curing JB Weld Epoxy and re-did it and that fixed it.