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do they just weld it or something if its a minor one?

mine was spraying "mist" out of it, so i think it was tiny (couldnt find the hole when i took it out). might take it somewhere and see what they can do

thanks

cheap fix buy a bottle of chemweld cost $20. drain out the old water in tank plugged it back up. pour the deed in fill wit water and done. chemweld seals any crank in radiator and engine

that is why I would NEVER put chemweld in my motor. Think about what that crap does to all the water galleries in the head. Think about what it does to your water pump. That is the cheapest nastiest way to fix a radiator and could possibly cost you your engine.

I've got a big wrap on chemiweld.

If you don't car about the long life of your engine it is a great stop gap, sorted out the farked head gasket on the ute perfectly.

Wouldn't be doing it to a turbo skyline though, and certaintly not for a radiator problem

just so theres no confusion, i replaced the radiator completely (see my first post) but was wondering what to do with the radiator i took out (ie if its not possible to fix then ill chuck it out)

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"do they just weld it or something if its a minor one?"

They either solder or braise the hole, its a hard job because its gotta be perfectly clean but relativly simple. If the hole was caused by corosion its Farked but a stone could be the culprit and then its repairable.

Anyone who is too critical of Chemiweld, does'nt know how it works, or what effect it has in engine block [no bad or 'blocking'effects] This is a valid critisism of a number of similar products. That said, it's not meant as a radiator repair. I don't know for sure, but it may work on some current 'alloy' cores, but it definately will not seal a brass core. Unless they've recently changed the formulation, it says clearly in the instructions, that it's NOT for radiator repairs. Don't constru these remarks as a general approval of 'leak repair goos' generally. I agree that not a good thing except emergency repairs, and then everything needs a thorough clean out to be sure you're rid of it all.

open an egg in the top of the radiator :)

havnt any of you seen mythbusters

hehe I love that show, didn't they test putting sugar in a gas tank aswell in that episode? I was surprised the engine still worked fine

hehe I love that show, didn't they test putting sugar in a gas tank aswell in that episode? I was surprised the engine still worked fine

:werd:

yeah sugar was fine....but bleach in the oil killed it good

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