Devcon, egg or pepper?

take it to a radiator joint

I thing Stuart is right. A small leak is indicating that the radiator is breaking down. You could fix this with some stop leak or such in the short term. Devcon is too hard and brittle.

Later you will probably spring a leak somewhere else.

David

Yep, a small leak now is an indication of a very sick radiator later, as said Devcon is good stuff in certain areas IMHO radiators is not one of them. A pretty good temporary fix Bars-leak, a lasting repair as also said take it to a radiator shop


Cheers Pop

I've had many dodgy old cars in the past, and the two part epoxy stuff was great - pretty much lasted forever.

I did a 'temporary' repair to a seam leak in the Troopy on a Cape York trip.
I used that 2-part epoxy putty. Over 2 yrs down the trcak and it's still just fine !!

saxa fine black table pepper.
I never leave home without it.

The two part stuff others have referred to is probably Kneed It.

Great stuff and should be in every travellers tool kit.

I have used it three times that I can think of:

1. On the radiator of a Troopy (not mine) on Mitchell Plateau. The owner had hit a water crossing a bit fast and put the fan blade through the radiator.

2. At Windjana Gorge where a Hilux (from memory) had a split in the fuel tank down a corner weld.

3. The only time I used it on something of my own was when slashing the driveway on our 20 acre toy farm, I hooked the tractor on a tap and ripped it off. This tap was on the main line from the road to the house. It was a Sunday afternoon around 5.00 PM and no plumbing supply or hardware shops open. I rarely call a plumber and certainly wasn't going to this time. I turned the water off, plugged up the broken pipe with Kneed It and let it set for about 45 mins. Turned the water back on and not a leak. It stayed like that till the next week - end when I got the bits and pieces to repair properly.

Available at Bunnings and lots of other places. Might be worth a go.

Norm C