Pressure washer buggered

[meow2222]

Its hard to say with just one not overly clear pic, but my impression is that it looks clampable. I certainly wouldnt rely on epoxy to fix it, but epoxy could be used as a sealant in the gap, with some serious external metal clamping to actually hold it together. Anything like this is a bit of a bodge of course, but such machines have very limited life, so it only has to last so long. If you've got a welder it shouldnt be too hard to fab something. Whether its worth it depends on the machine's value.

NT

[Tim Downie]

leaking water at "pump pressure" I reckon it's fooked.

Tim

[Fred]

I was thinking along similar lines about poring epoxy into the crack. I would heat the body up so the epoxy becomes more fluid. I have repaired gearbox casing that way but the casings tend not to be stressed.

Having said that if the aluminium casting flexes much under pressure then it's scrap or a weld job.

[Alang]

He should chuck it and buy another

[Bob Minchin]

Dunno about welding it. It might be a MAZAC pressure diecasting - an aluminium and zinc alloy that might not weld at all well. The localised heating might do some damage too due to stress. if you are on a tight budget it might be worth a punt or otherwise try and get another one of the same type (ebay??) with a different fault and make one good out of two duds. Otherwise buy a quality one. depends of how much you use it. Lidl/aldi/netto might be worth a look as whilst their stuff is not top quality, it is not usually total crap and it often has 3 yrs warranty. Because they stock this stuff as special lines every few months, it invariably means when you have a fault and take it back , they can't swap it for another and instead you get your money back.

Bob

[Huge]

Colloquially known as "shit-metal" ...

[Jules]

Yes, I've had various bits of it on old cars - it's not very strong stuff, and pits something chronic. I'm surprised they'd use it for anything that was under pressure...

[The Medway Handyman]

Pump head has to seal against the crank. If the heat distorts anything its goodbye pressure.