How to vent your valve cover

[wahvtec]

honda valve covers are all made of aluminum right? If so can the bungs be welded on with a mig welder by chance

[OldSchool87]

well all newer Honda valve covers are aluminium. some old ones are metal. but yes you can use a MIG if you get you heat right otherwise you will burn through the cover and you will have some slag. its best to use a TIG. TIG is made for precision welds and finer metals and such and has no slag. MIG is typically used for thicker metals.

[b17a1db2]

well all newer Honda valve covers are aluminium. some old ones are metal. but yes you can use a MIG if you get you heat right otherwise you will burn through the cover and you will have some slag. its best to use a TIG. TIG is made for precision welds and finer metals and such and has no slag. MIG is typically used for thicker metals.

your statement does not fully make sense and contains errors. you refer to aluminum as if it was not a metal by saying new ones are aluminum, and some old ones are just "metal". I would not MIG weld aluminum for welding bungs on them. Not all MIG produces slag, only FCAW welding in fact, and MIG can be great for the thick and thin. Pretty much got it right on the TIG parts though. TIG welding will be ideal for valve cover welds. It just bugs me to have incorrect or not fully correct statements about welding as this is what I do for a living. hahahaa

[wahvtec]

haha sorryits been a long week and was trying to understand the concept. Thanks for the info and that sentence i completely failed at was supposed to be about the weld in bungs. On summit racing.com they have aluminum and steel bungs. My guess is that it would be best to weld aluminum to aluminum. All i have is a Lincoln electric weld pack wire feed. I guess ill pay for this job thanks.

[OldSchool87]

your statement does not fully make sense and contains errors. you refer to aluminum as if it was not a metal by saying new ones are aluminum, and some old ones are just "metal". I would not MIG weld aluminum for welding bungs on them. Not all MIG produces slag, only FCAW welding in fact, and MIG can be great for the thick and thin. Pretty much got it right on the TIG parts though. TIG welding will be ideal for valve cover welds. It just bugs me to have incorrect or not fully correct statements about welding as this is what I do for a living. hahahaa

I was using the word metal very loosely my man. would steel have been a better word for you. maybe I should have said softer metals as in aluminum VS harder metals like steel and I know all about Flux core welding too my man. flux core (FCAW)has the gas in the wire and MIG( Metal Inert Gas)(GMAW) you add the gas separate. and yes if the heat is off it can spit. but obviously your good like me and can do it without it spitting. Yes I do some welding myself. but I didn't think I needed to go into detail. I figured common sense would tell a person that aluminum is metal I didn't feel that i need to do metal/welding school 101 on IA. Lol. but thanks for the corrections

[OldSchool87]

haha sorryits been a long week and was trying to understand the concept. Thanks for the info and that sentence i completely failed at was supposed to be about the weld in bungs. On summit racing.com they have aluminum and steel bungs. My guess is that it would be best to weld aluminum to aluminum. All i have is a Lincoln electric weld pack wire feed. I guess ill pay for this job thanks.

aluminum to aluminum and steel to steel.............But I know tricks most people don't know tho weld aluminum to steel. but I wont be given that up. I make money off that one. but any good "master welder" could figure it out.

[bigdare23]

honda valve covers are all made of aluminum right? If so can the bungs be welded on with a mig welder by chance

TIG weld them only