urgent radiator repair

Hi Adam. Mates 80 series had a crack in the tubes of his radiator & had a 800Km trip to do. Used Master Bronze radiator Stop Leak. Part No #52BM, its a bronze coloured powder you just remove cap from radiator when cool, run engine till coolant is hot, then add contents to radiator, replace rad cap. This stuf fixed the leak untill he eventualy got the radiator replaced.

Hey Adam a good product that will fix your Radiator is Devcon as i have been using this for many years to fix anything from Radiators,water tanks and i even fixed a leaky Aluminium Aircond pipe on a landcruiser which was still there after 5 yrs..but like anything preparation is the key so you will need to Clean any paint away and wipe it down with Prepsol or similar...Repco or an industrial supplier should carry it...Good luck

Happy Motoring

Hi Adam, You could try leaving the radiator cap loose so it does not build up pressure until you can get it repaired. Just keep an eye on the water temperature.
One of the auto shops should have some temp tank repair compound.
Supercheap on Boatharbor Drive and Autobarn in Main Street will be opened Sunday.
Bruce

I have had this drama ( sort off ) with my Patrol - they have a cowling that "rubs" against the core - then rubs through causing a leak....

Now - i have tried all those useless products in the past - there all rubbish , NONE have ever worked for me , even as a temporary solution - so with that said if you handy enough and with tools - you can fix yourself - provided you have space and know how -

for me it was a matter of popping out some of the heat displacement fins - then finding the rubbed out area thats leaking - then using pliers - carefully folding over that area to block off the leak - should be a 1 hour job.

but more recently i was in Toowoomba - had over heating issues with my patrol - ended up just buying a new radiator ( still didint solve my issue , but after much research found thats a prob that cant be fixed ) - im sure if you ring around harvey bay - bundaberg you can find an after market Radiator.

But if you insist on trying to try those products , i have found that leaving your radiator cap loose so that the system will not pressurise but will still hold the water will help to not force the water out the hole. you just need to check every now and then water levels

hope this was of some help

BB

Adam
lots of "nead it" stuff on the market, and yes they do one for radiators too. !

One rule though, get everything really clean first

Cheers
Bucky

If a couple of tablespooons of Saxa table pepper in the tank wont fix it, nothing will. It has got me back from remote areas twice. Pretty bloody amazing really. I couldn't have thought of anything more stupid until I had no other option and bugger me it worked!

I'm thinking of marketing a leak sealer made from gum leaves, seeing that a mere handful can totally block a PVC downpipe and flood my front verandah ! But seriously for a moment - the pepper idea has merit of course, because it has been used so many times (maybe buy a disposable grinder and pepper pack from the supermarket - then you can adjust the particle size :-o). I'm into road and mountain bikes - the latest technologies for puncture sealing are quite amazing (for both tubed and tubeless tyres) - the products range from tiny fibres in a glycol fluid to tiny beads in a latex fluid - you can literally cycle for hours with punctures that you don't even know you have.