got a pin hole in my rad

[Anonymous]

is there anything that I can do to to plug it for a while its only 1 1/2 years old

 

[Anonymous]

I would say it depends where the leak it. If it is on the fins, I don't know if this will work. If it is on the tank or a seam, I have sucessflully slathered some JB Weld onto a leak and it has lasted for years. Clean off the paint and rough it up with some 60 grit sand paper first.
Doug

 

[CobraSix]

I think there is some leak seal type stuff available for radiators at auto stores.

Slade

 

[Anonymous]

I have used the leak stop stuff on a few occasions with success. I now try to limit it to emergencies, but I have reservations about those products. The stuff that is not forced into the leak tends to settle out. I believe it could end up plugging a bottom row of a radiator. One time I tried to drain the stuff out, and I had to remove the pepcock and poke a rod through the leak stop to get the radiator to drain. That said, new cars have a couple of tablets of leak stop installed at the factory to take care of any minor seeps. It is cheap insurance. So don't let my comments scare you off of using those products. You may also be able to have your radiator re-cored if your tubes are bad.
Doug

 

[Anonymous]

thank you every one the leak is in the fins in the front ,(I still don`t know the heck it happend there?) could it be welded ?

 

[Anonymous]

Yes, a shop should be able to braze/solder the leak. If nothing else, they could close the flow off on that tube.

 

[Anonymous]

I ment can I weld it my self or will it make it worse ?

 

[rickwrench]

If the hole is not too close to the tanks, you could drain the rad and solder it closed yourself - sand it clean and lots of flux, don't weld it, use plumbers solder. If it's close to the tanks you could possibly melt out the solder holding that row in the tank with seeping heat (bad). Any decent rad shop should do it cheap, though.
Rick(wrench)

 

[Anonymous]

ok thanks y`all