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Dublindisco

Active Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #1

So today i was changing my auxiliary drive belt and a screwdriver i was using to pry off the belt slipped and put a pin prick hole in one of the cross bars of the radiator.

Bent a few fins aswell.

It started spraying out at first a tiny jet of coolant but after i pushed the metal around a bit with the screwdriver its only dripping out now.

Anybody got any ideas on a quick fix.

 

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fix it

New Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #2

an egg white.

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #3

Or that > Radiator Stop Leak | Find The Best Info On Radiator Stop Leak!

 

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Dublindisco

Active Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #4

Is there anything you can use that you dont have to put in the rad, like an epoxy on the outside.

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #5

Dublindisco said:

Is there anything you can use that you dont have to put in the rad, like an epoxy on the outside.

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It might work but u have to drain the rad in this case ... the surface on which u use the epoxy must be very clean and dry.

e.g. http://www.highsidechem.com/redepxy.html

 

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Dublindisco

Active Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #6

sierrafery said:

It might work but u have to drain the rad in this case ... the surface on which u use the epoxy must be very clean and dry.

e.g. Metal Patching -Red Epoxy

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Thanks

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #7

If the rad are copper then solder.

 

shocker

Well-Known Member

• Jun 26, 2011

• #8

Yes,if you can isolate the area to stop the heat soaking away....which can be a bit of a challenge with a rad,for the obvious reasons,you could float some plumbing solder over it but it will have to be VERY clean and oil free,some old fashioned acid flux would be good.Or diluted battery acid washed off quick then flux on before oxidation starts .
If the substrate is sturdy enough you may even be able to silver solder or braze a little patch on.