Hairline Crack In Top Radiator Tank

[Simon-S14]

Got a small hairline crack in the top radiator tank, wanna repair it instead of finding another one. have tried epoxy glue over the top but the coolant seeps it way through!

Cheers'

Simon

[Craved]

you could try plastic welding it ... with a soldering iron

[tacker]

Good old dollop of silastic will take care of it, used to have to do it all the time racing speedway cars.

[TeeJay1600]

Mine did this not long ago didnt leak when cold but once it got hot started steaming out.... i took the rad out and got it freshened up and new tanks put on cost $150 works good as ever now and looks shinyandnew !

[SuAvE-1]

theres a fibreglass product out there which retails for about $40. I had a similar problem on a near-by metallic pipe and this has done the trick. Previously I used some metal-putty type thing but while that did seal, it came off after two months. Silastic did not work for me, no matter how much I slapped on.

The fibreglass product (can't remeber what it was called) was made in south america from what I can remember, comes in a kit. Check out your local auto parts store. I got mine from Autopro.

[Bl4cK32]

U can get a top tank replaced for cheap. Its not worth playing with cooling items as they tend to let go when u dont want em to (read hot day out in the middle of nowhere stuck with no phone credit )

Or pickup a cheap rad off the forums..

[MANWHORE]

Your silastic products at hte local autostore will not work. It'll seem like it works, because it will seal when it's cold. But as it gets hotter and hotter, the pressure builds, then it'll just pop the silastic.

As black32 said, your car will always break down when you least want it to or when you least expect it to. It's bound to happen that it'll be a dark, rainy night, when you're out country, with no mobile phone battery, hungry because you haven't eaten dinner etc etc.

That's always how it happens to me anyways. Let me put it this way - reconditioned battery, in a boat - not a good idea (was late at night, too deep to anchor, no mobile signal). I think you get the drift.