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jessiegee
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Mar 19, 2007, 7:46 PM
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 imy mechanic let me know recently that i have a crack in my radiator, and it will be around $500 to fix ~ it is going to HAVE to wait a cpl wks..what should i be watching for?? warning signs? what happens in the worst case scenario???
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Mar 20, 2007, 2:57 PM
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MMMMM-k FANKS
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Mar 21, 2007, 1:37 AM
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I think they make a sealent that you pour into the radiator. Can't remember though.
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DanD
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Mar 21, 2007, 4:46 AM
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They sure do make rad stop leaks and I guess they have their place but if this is a plastic tanked rad that has cracked then you’re pouring in good money for bad. The plastic expands and contracts quite a bit and I doubt the stop leak would work. Let along all of the side benefits of stop leak of plugging up heater cores and creating a nice sludge effect in the coolant.
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Mar 21, 2007, 10:58 AM
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yep, I heard that too. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
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Mar 21, 2007, 5:29 PM
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try crackin a egg and pour liquid from egg direct inside radiator
or try 2 eggs
i did that and it did the trick until my radiator got changed
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DanD
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Yea; the last guest that posted should have told you the rest of the myth; right after cracking in the second egg, you have to dance in front of your vehicle singing. You put you’re right foot in. you take you’re right foot out, you do the hokey-pokey and you turn all about; well I guess you know the rest of the song and dance, so I’ll stop.
It sure does make you feel good doing it but does it really work?
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Mar 29, 2007, 8:45 PM
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being that i have NO other option than for this radiator issue to wait, i figured i would look into a sealant or something that can possibly hold it temp. ~ i was told to use bar leaks (with the pellets), and that it would only work if the crack is smaller than an inch. well, i have no way of knowing that right now, but figured it cant hurt.
when i opened the radiator cap, it was full ~ completely full. to the brim. BUT ~ my reserve tank was damn near empty. since i couldn't add the bar leaks into a full tank, i filled the reserve tank up to the max line.
why would that happen, and what the hell was the mechanic talking about? if there was a crack in the radiator, than WHY would the reserve be empty? and if the crack is in the reserve, than cant just THAT be replaced??
curious
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carjunky
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Mar 30, 2007, 7:43 AM
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This may sound funny if the eggs were put into the radiator... but if the crack isn't that big, or more like a whole... black pepper will help clog the hole....
(funny part is two eggs and black pepper would be a nice breakfast)
By the way what type of car (year, make, model)
(This post was edited by carjunky on Mar 30, 2007, 7:44 AM)
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