tweej

The plastic piece with the latch that keeps the oil/coolant fill area closed has come apart from the hinged door. The glue failed after over 10 years. I managed to get all the old glue out, and I'd like to reglue these two plastic pieces back together, but I'm not sure what glue to use. Does anyone have a recommendation? The old glue was fairly flexible kind of like wood glue, not hard like epoxy.

Shark Attack

I used RTV silicon

NCcayman08

Ironically i was putting things back together today from my rear camera and mine popped off too. Was surprised it was just glued on.

Any particular brand of rtv you used?

Thanks

tweej

I ordered some Permatex 80050 and can let you know how it works when I get it this week.

NCcayman08

i ordered some clear Permatex too last night.

were ypu able to pull the door out of the hi ge system easily? Would be better to do off the car to get a better adhesion. Recommendations on how you did it if a yes?

MrMoose

Without knowing the type of plastic it can be hard to give advice. In this case I might try Goop adhesive? It sticks pretty well to most things, just kind of messy sometimes.

sasilverbullet

Get a hot glue gun, that stuff is amazing!

NCcayman08

Thats a great idea….pretty sure my wife has one with a bunch of sticks laying around somewhere. Will give that a go after i scrape off all the old yellow stuff.

tweej

Other than the end of the tube exploding silicone all over my hand, the Permatex 80050 worked great after a 24 hour cure. It's reinstalled now. Will report back if there's any issue.

MrMoose

They are surprisingly useful on cars, especially if you get the right glue. Infinitybond makes these SuerTAC 500 sticks that are designed for gluing plastic, and they actually stick quite well to a variety of automotive plastics. Even the tough to glue stuff.

https://www.hotmelt.com/products/pla...nt=25974903691