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[surfenstein]

Anyway
still losing water somewhere, not sure its entering cabin as yet
although floor appears (for now at least) dry.

The main radiator has a build up of what looks not unlike
battery terminal powder type gunk, along the seam on top front,

where it runs across front of car cross member bonnet catch thing.

Are rads easy to remove? and have recored
I'm off over Christmas, so have time if its not too involved

can you not do a pressure test to find out where exactly it is coming from.?

[henry F]

Little garage that fitted matrix don't have a pressure device,

whats best option testing wise?

would a radiator place be able to do a test before I remove rad,
would it show a leak up as a stream of water jetting out somewhere,

or bubbles or something?

[darkdezigns]

if u have green fur its more than likely had it tbh

[joker??]

if u have green fur its more than likely had it tbh

so yeti is finished then

[nero279]

The main radiator has a build up of what looks not unlike
battery terminal powder type gunk, along the seam on top front,
where it runs across front of car cross member bonnet catch thing.

I sc.raped all the white stuff off, you will then get a better idea of where it's actually leaking from as after a few journeys you'll see fresh fluid rather than white gunk, i dried the area around the leak as best i could while the engine was hot and soldered directly over the leak...


...still leaks but hey I tried

Check what price you can get the rad recored for, my local place is only £25 or so cheaper than a new rad from roughtrax.

[henry F]

I've not got a big soldering iron anymore to sort the leak out.


Certainly I can see water dribbling out from a tiny split in the front edge
With the break coming up after Christmas, if a removal of the rad' is easy, then I'll break out the spanners and take it off,

Sure I had a quote for about Eighty Quid a re-core, does that seem tooooooo high after all?

[nero279]

£80 is a good price for a recore, my local place wanted just short of £140, a new rad from roughtrax is £165 +VAT http://www.toyotahilux.com/?doc=11&cid=149 so for £80 i'd go for a recore, but if a recore was gonna be £140 i'd buy a new rad.

I haven't had the rad right out yet, but it's only nuts and bolts so not too bad a job