Old dry and cracked - GSX 550 EF Suzuki Motorcycles

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this is not a problem as long as you do not let water or dampness into the crack, just switch of fridge and dry out the crack and seal with a good quality mastic or plastic sealer ..
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the best chance you have is dry the pieces out use plummbers putty or JB weld on inside of pump let dry then try it

JB Weld. Make sure the surface (inside and outside) and the crack is clean and dry. Mix up some JB Weld and press it into the crack from both the inside and the outside. Be sure to spread a layer of JB Weld across the crack. You do not want the JB Weld to be just in the crack.

Let the JB Weld cure according to the package before reassembling and running water through it. I would give it a whole day if possible.

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If the crack is just on the tank itself, you can find just the tank online for around $50.

Here is one place i foound...
http://www.brandsonsale.com/hg-011942.html?ref=lexity&_vs=google&_vm=productsearch

If it's an old tire, the crack is probably caused by the rubber drying out and becoming brittle. If it's a new tire, it sounds like a manufacturing defect or road damage.

low mileage but old ?' difficult decision but not insurmountable ,take the cover off the timing belt and have a look ,if cracking apparant at the base of the teeth then change it if no cracking then leave well alone unless you live in a desert type dry climate ,if so then change it regardless as the plasticiser in the belt dries out

Can't say for sure but every other PCV valve I ever saw had the big **** end stuck into a grommet in a valve cover and the little nozzle end stuck into a rather fat vacuum line. So what I would do is just confine my search to the valve covers and once found, I would also pull out the dry cracked old grommet and pull off the dry old cracked vacuum line and take them to an advance or autozone and have the helpful salesperson get me replacements for those also. All told your parts should be under 10 bucks and even if the PCV was not bad you have accidentally fixed some leaking vacuum.

If the roller are old and getting cracked etc then you do not clean them. Instead, you must change them. The sooner you change them the better.

With a 12-year old car, common problems are:

1. Old, cracked, worn out coil
2. Old, dried, cracked spark plug cables

It will have to be sanded smooth and clean and dried thoroughly.

Then if the steel seam is actually cracked / separated, then you can apply a very thin bead of steel-based epoxy "J-B WELD". When it dries thoroughly, you can sand it smooth.

Then you can apply some high-temperature appliance paint, available from places like Wal-Mart, Lowe's or Builder's Square.

If it's just the paint that's cracked, it will have to be sanded smooth and clean and dried thoroughly.

Then you can apply some high-temperature appliance paint, available from places like Wal-Mart, Lowe's or Builder's Square.

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First, I checked to make sure all spark plug wires were o.k.. There wasn't any visible cracks in the top of the distributor cap. So I took an old hair dryer and plugged it in. Set the hair dryer on the top of the distributor cap for about 10-12 minutes. Thats enough time to dry the inside of the distributor out. Engine starts fine so obviously there is a hair line crack somewhere on the distributor cap.