LOCTITE EA 9492

[terry paget]

Just a word of warning about this epoxy adhesive. It  arrived without instructions, what you see in the pic above is all you get. It is left to your'good British common sense' to work out what to do with it. Oh dear.
I eventually concluded that the plug at the E end turns a quarter turn and can then be removed, and replaced by the tube dispenser. In the other end are two blue plugs, which I rumbled can be removed by screwing screws into them and pulling. Then I could screw 2 more screws into the pistons and push them in, thus expelling the adhesive. The dispenser tube then got blocked, so I threw it away and expelled the two components onto a piece of card, and mixed it with another screw. I then applied it to the item needing repair, and left it 24 hours to cure.
I replaced the plug on the end. I discarded the blue plugs. I put the container back for use later.
As described in my Vectra starter thread, on a test piece, after 24 hours the adhesive had cured well, and withstood 24 hours in boiling water without softening or weakening. I then used it to repair my Vectra plastic coolant pipe. If it fails I will tell you.

[biggriffin]

So how much did the glue cost, compered to the cost of a new pipe..

[Doctor Gollum]

It's designed to be dispensed via a specific dispenser/gun and mixes completely within the nozzle.

The nozzle being single use.

All of which the vendor should have been aware of.

[Nick W]

Shelf life now it's been opened would be another concern for me. It's annoying having to throw away half a £10 tube, but if the cost is higher then the economy of the repair falls dramatically. There are good reasons why 2-pack products come in small quantities: the 6 month shelf life of polyurethane components isn't just a recommendation!
As plastic coolant fittings are common failures(BMW, Porsche etc), gluing them back together is more of a get you home lashup than a permanent repair.

[ronnyd]

Isn't there sum sort of "gun" to mount/dispense that double tubed adhesive? 

[Andy B]

when all else fails there's Double Bubble  or just plain old Araldite 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-Loctite-Double-Bubble-Epoxy-3G-Sachet-Adhesive-Bonding-Glue-Kits-VC380A/153707859923?epid=1034749742&hash=item23c9b3cfd3:g:Z7AAAOSwPAldvWR9

[Nick W]

when all else fails there's Double Bubble  or just plain old Araldite 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-Loctite-Double-Bubble-Epoxy-3G-Sachet-Adhesive-Bonding-Glue-Kits-VC380A/153707859923?epid=1034749742&hash=item23c9b3cfd3:g:Z7AAAOSwPAldvWR9

unless marked as 'high-temperature' most two part expoxies are only good for 150°. I mostly use cheap stuff, but as cooling components are attached to hot engines and have boiling water flowing through them, I would use something a little 'better' on such parts even as a temporary repair