radiator weld

straideman

have a few pinholes in the radiator,,used rad weld ,,has slowed it down a good bit but still dropping

dont know whether to buy another bottle and give it half a bottle

put the rad weld in to the tank in 3 amounts(shook bottle),with the second being the most but something came up after i put it in and the van was parked up for a few days after getting a smaller drive than i had planned

wud the stuff of settled at the bottom of the tank.

seen on here bout this Novastop stuff,,,,where can i get it and how would it mix with the other rad weld

cheers

aujopimur

That stuff is only a temp. job, your best bet is to get it repaired proffesionatly, or replace it with a good used one.

straideman

thanks amillion,,,,do you or anyone know where i could pick a second hand radiator up in ireland

your rite,,prob would be just to pt in a new one or good conditioned second hand one

aujopimur wrote: »

That stuff is only a temp. job, your best bet is to get it repaired proffesionatly, or replace it with a good used one.

biko

straideman wrote: »

thanks amillion,,,,do you or anyone know where i could pick a second hand radiator up in ireland

Galway Rad-fix do them but check locally first.

Mar4ix

have you ever checked how much cost new radiator ? you must be spent amount of money on rad weld, what new radiator worth what car do you have. and we all in motor community will find you most reasonable priced radiator

biko

You could try Novastop. Mind, none of these fluids will work of the holes are too big or replacement with a working rad.

dgt

Don't put in another bottle, you might gum up the cooling system.

Source out a radiator, 2nd hand or new. I had the option of another £8 for radweld or £30 for a like new radiator....

Picked the radweld didn't I :pac::pac::pac:

straideman

ya sod it,,,might just get a radiator for her,,,where can i pick one up in the west of ireland


QUOTE=dgt;82317967]Don't put in another bottle, you might gum up the cooling system.

Source out a radiator, 2nd hand or new. I had the option of another £8 for radweld or £30 for a like new radiator....

Picked the radweld didn't I :pac::pac::pac:[/QUOTE]

keithsfleet

Replace the radiator, those quick fixes plug up the narrow tubes and heater core very quickly, can also clog parts of the radiator aswel.

straideman

cheers lads ,,,im gonna pick up another radiator,,second hand if i can get one in good nick.i just had her at the cousin there as he had called in and i showed him the craic with the spots of coolant,,,they are mainly at the front on the lower part where is more open and he said that stones from another viechle can do this,,,find this hard to believe that a stone could rupture a radiator

when i get new one in he advised me to put mesh there at the open bit,,,the top bit is meshed but not the bottom for sum reason

keithsfleet

Yea a stone flying at 40mph will badly dent the radiator and if that happens repeatedly you will get leaks and cracks. As you're cousin said, stick a bit of mesh in front of it on the bumper. There would of been mesh there before. Check out prices of new radiator aswel, mikes garage.ie can be good.

Pj!

Check eBay. You might find one reasonably priced. Save you the hassle of travelling for one.