Leaking oil bath welder

[Land Locked]

As per the tittle, my old oil bath welder has sprung a leak. Looks like it's on one of the bottom seams.

Could I just weld this up, using another welder? I would assume that all the oil would need to be drained.

Advice gratefully received.

[Land Locked]

I didn't think about rust, though I know the oil does tend to get water contamination.

It's not a particularly good welder and is only 140A, maybe time to bin it and splash out on the 200A inverter I've been lusting after.

[fabbyglass]

Fibreglass it

[Land Locked]

Fibreglass it

:eek: My missus just looked at me as if I was totally nuts cause I was laughing so loudly. Got my mind set on the new one, please no good ideas to salvage the old un.

[Land Locked]

Looks like I may have a deal on a Thermadyne 200A DC Inverter jobbie.

This should set me back about 80 Pounds.

As a nice bonus, for about the same money again a nice little accessory can be had to do TIG welding. Sadly I'm told DC is no good for aluminum, though more than good enough for mild steel.:D

[AshG]

you can tig ali on dc but it has to be super super super clean. the resulting weld will look dull and rough but it does work.