Subject: RE:Aluminum radiators, can be fixed? by BillH on 2008/2/19 16:31:09
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Take it to a radiator shop and get it done right.
I have a pin hole in a cross fin on a race car that came from crash damage. It spit out a very small stream when hot. Since I still had to get out on the track, I covered it with JB Weld. It fixed the leak. And, it's been 5 years and it's still not leaking, amazing.
Again, take it to a shop.
JB Weld is the shit.
I had a bolt hole on the right head, at the very front, gaul out. I was beyond pissed... I tapped it clean and after a few tries with a helicoil, gave it the final hit. The hole was bottomed, and I didn't have a bottom tap. I cleared the hole one last time, took the helicoil and coated it in JB Weld. I then took a stud and coated it in JB Weld. I screwed the stud in as far as it would go. 24 hours later, it held a 25 ft-lb torquing.
Ask Jr Rifle Coach if it's still there.
Amazing, ain't it? I've got an outside water faucet , one of the orange handled ones that sticks up out of the ground. Some dumb shit :silent: left a hose attached on a cold nite, it froze and cracked anout 1 inch above where the hose is attached. I JB Welded that 1 inch crack 10 years ago and it still holds water pressure.
The hole was bottomed, and I didn't have a bottom tap. I cleared the hole one last time, took the helicoil and coated it in JB Weld. I then took a stud and coated it in JB Weld. I screwed the stud in as far as it would go. 24 hours later, it held a 25 ft-lb torquing.