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General => The garage => Topic started by: GazzaGTI on 23 May 2005, 22:01

Title: Radiator leaking.
Post by: GazzaGTI on 23 May 2005, 22:01

Iv'e got a leaking radiator. :cry:

Its not the hose but very close to the hose connection, I took the front grille off tonight just before I discovered this great site. This high pressure drip has been plauging me for over a week now.

Any comments welcome Im another newbie!.

I feel a German and Swedish coming very soon.

Cheers Gareth.

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 23 May 2005, 22:04

A quick but not guarenteed fix is to put a bottle of RADWELD in the radiator. ALthough this is not definately going to solve your problem.

Best option in my view would to be to source a old non leaky one from a scrappy, if not then a trip to an autofactors would work wonders. Cheap enough too.  :smiley:

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: Mr Blue on 23 May 2005, 22:31

new radiators are only 30-40 quid anyway :wink:

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: ...joe on 23 May 2005, 23:03

i'm gonna do a blue here!!!!

or i've got one for sale!!! its off a turbo diesel and takes up the whole front of tha car and looks cool! let me know fella!

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: Splinter on 23 May 2005, 23:17

In my opinion, never use Radweld in the system. Its 'orrible messy stuff that never goes away. Emergency use ONLY. (http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/schools/images/emergency.gif)

I'd get a new radiator for the cheap price of them as I reckon its one of the most important things to keep right on a car. Cant have it overheating can we!  :undecided:

You could try fix the leaky area, unless its the matrix itself

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: Gambit on 24 May 2005, 09:26

dont use radweld just replace the radiator

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: rubjonny on 26 May 2005, 18:14

I had a leak from the top pipe area, turned out the hose hadn't seated right.  Have a fiddle with it before u replace the rad :)

Never use radweld, it blocked my heater matrix up good and proper!!

Title: Re: Radiator leaking.
Post by: GazzaGTI on 26 May 2005, 23:19

Its a leak, I took the front grille off to have a closer inspection.

Not the hose, I also swapped the hose round and changed the jubilee clips. Still piddling out. It a small bottle on every journey!.

I think Radweel is a big no-no!.

When these things go wrong they go wrong, big time. Its only got 70,000 on the clock.

Cheers Gareth