Radiator Rusted Pipes

[Greekos]

unique auto-sports do a chrome molly rad pipe, have a look on this page LINK

[Manuel Kasko]

Read their website and I might buy one depending on if I can find a new manifold for cheaper or a new pipe cheaper

I am going to hook the old radiator up today or tomorrow and flush the system. Haven't checked the pump yet or the thermostat

I might pick a thermo up at the same time as a new pipe

+ I always ran quality coolant but it must have been from previous owners. I only had the car about 6 months

[Greekos]

i hope your welsh plugs aren't the same.

[Manuel Kasko]

i hope your welsh plugs aren't the same.

Yeah I am going to have to check all of this I guess

[Manuel Kasko]

FIXED

I got a pipe from nat rad for $5 and banged the shit into place!

Used a bit of gasket glue as well

Also tested my thermostat at the same time and checked for extra rust.

non to be seen

Now just waiting for the gasket glue to seal and then I will be driving like a granny again

[Got a Pulsar]

^^^ This is good to hear, this. Hope all is good.

Nat Rad where? The Gibbs place in Belco I mentioned is also a Nat Rad & they seem to know their schnitzel.

Apart from leaving a hose clamp off the overflow and chucking my old thermo in the bin against my wishes (retrieved),

I would deff use them again for sure.

[Sinista32]

FIXED

bush mechanic - good to see.

[Manuel Kasko]

Cheers guys

From all the welsh plugs I could see and feel they seemed fine so I guess only time will tell.

Flushed the whole thing as well like you said Sin

So yeah all in all it might be fine

Thanks of course to wilderboy who is my new housemate and a mechanic that knows his shit

[Sinista32]

just what you need .......... a wilderboy

[Manuel Kasko]

Oh and pulsar it was Nat Rad right next door to the Toyota in Philip.

The younger bloke there was in his own and he machines up a random bit of radiator pipe and pretty much gave it to me so I gave him $5

[J'son]

Flushing it with the old radiator may put more crap in as well as clean out?

[Manuel Kasko]

Made sure I ran a hose through without the radiator attached

Edited February 14, 2012 by Kasko

[J'son]

Ahh, good work.

[MatthewT85]

do you have any pics of how you fixed this, i just took off my top radiator hose cause it had a small leak, it didnt look as bad as yours but near enough

wondering how i should go about fixing it as well,

[Manuel Kasko]

do you have any pics of how you fixed this, i just took off my top radiator hose cause it had a small leak, it didnt look as bad as yours but near enough

wondering how i should go about fixing it as well,

Didn't take pics sorry

But I went to Nat rad and they gave me a bit of old pipe they had laying around that was similar diameter and I smashed that in the spot with a hammer

[MatthewT85]

Didn't take pics sorry

But I went to Nat rad and they gave me a bit of old pipe they had laying around that was similar diameter and I smashed that in the spot with a hammer

thanks did you find lots of rusted crap when you flushed it?

did you have any temp issues at the time?

my cars temp gauge sits at around half way thats what made me start to look into it, found the leak then took the pipe off

[Got a Pulsar]

Halfway is normal. But if it helped you find an issue, bonus.

[MatthewT85]

Halfway is normal. But if it helped you find an issue, bonus.

yeah sure, but its not something i wanted to find but i see what you mean better now than later... hopefully

[Anfanee]

damn Dan that sucks! hope it isnt too much of a pain to fix

[Manuel Kasko]

thanks did you find lots of rusted crap when you flushed it?

did you have any temp issues at the time?

my cars temp gauge sits at around half way thats what made me start to look into it, found the leak then took the pipe off

Nah not much rust at all.

It chewed at that pipe because of the type of metal it was. I haven't had heating issues at all and my gauge stays about 1/4 of the way up.