Had a coolant line blow out on our old Haas VF2 last Friday, sprayed everywhere. What's your go-to fix for a quick seal?

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Honestly saw a guy at my last shop try to fix a leak like that with some weird epoxy putty he swore by. Tbh it held for about a week before it let go all over a hot spindle. The smell was awful, like burnt plastic and coolant. We ended up just replacing the whole line after that mess.

parkerbrown2mo ago

Heard that exact story from a guy in Toledo, @patricia_gonzalez.

wyatt_mitchell2626d ago

Couldn't believe it held a whole week before that blowout!

michaeld482mo ago

Hold up, gotta disagree with the epoxy hate. That Toledo guy might have used the wrong stuff or did a bad prep job. A proper high-temp epoxy putty, cleaned and roughed up real good, can be a solid temporary fix. Lets you finish the job and order the right part without the machine being down for days. Not forever, but it beats a puddle on the floor until the new line comes in.

quinna8926d ago

Epoxy held a week" sounds like it's the machine, not the fix, that's the real issue.