Leaky radiator
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mrmarcus

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668 posts

208 months

Saturday 18th September 2010
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So it would appear that I have a small leak in the middle area of the radiator. Apart from using radweld or pepper or whatever into the system which I would rather not are there any diy botch repairs like soldering I can try before taking to garage costing ££. Are they likely to do a weld or recore and how much does that cost? Radiator for small block chevy. Thanks any advice appreciated.

naffa

390 posts

227 months

Saturday 18th September 2010
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Try a spoonful or 2 of colmans mustard powder.

Worked a treat on my Audi. Seriously.

Lasted for several '000 miles too.

RB26DETT

2,519 posts

204 months

Saturday 18th September 2010
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Might be completely off the mark but isn' an egg meant to block it ?

randomwalk

534 posts

193 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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I once squeezed some of that black gasket silastic into the core of the radiator where the leak was, that seemed to fix it, dodgy but worth a try.

Condi

20,340 posts

200 months

Sunday 19th September 2010
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Recore's are cheap. Seriously, we had a couple done for tractors and it was like £30 or whatever and the job they did was really good.