Leaking Rad

[fonecrusher1]

Well chaps spent all day changing my coolant & guess what? Yup my stinking rad is leaking.
Spent 42 euros (£36) on fancy toyota coolant & its dripping out of the bottom of my rad. On futher inspection its coming from an area around the top left hand corner of the rad bars. Checked all hoses & plugs, nothing to report.
Im very dissappointed lads.

[yoshie]

I saw a roughtrax replacement rad last week, looks fine mate as a replacement option.

[Albannach]

Mine is a RT one, it's fine.

[fonecrusher1]

Is Holts radweld any good? Cant afford a new rad at the moment.

[BioHazard]

Either get it fixed by a rad specialist or get a toyota (or) roughtrax one ..........end of the day if it fails you could be doing a head replacement

[yoshie]

Is Holts radweld any good? Cant afford a new rad at the moment.

No mate it will cause more issues than it solves

[sv1000spilot]

Is Holts radweld any good?

Yes...for wrecking the engine...

[fonecrusher1]

I did a search for leaking coolant & some guy said he used radweld on his 2.4td & it worked fine?
But obviously if a few of you are saying otherwise i wont bother.
There is a local rad repairer near me so i'l call into him tomorrow but if he starts talking silly money then i'l just get a new rad. Milners is selling em for £145.

[Albannach]

I did a search for leaking coolant & some guy said he used radweld on his 2.4td & it worked fine?
But obviously if a few of you are saying otherwise i wont bother.
There is a local rad repairer near me so i'l call into him tomorrow but if he starts talking silly money then i'l just get a new rad. Milners is selling em for £145.

The Milners one doesn't get as good pres as the Roughtrax one.

Who said Radweld was OK? SOmeone on here? Did you check his more recent posts?

[logey79]

i've never heard of anyone having a good outcome with any radweld.

the expensive coolant needn't be a waste of money. drain it off and refill when you get the rad done. but why an expensive coolant anyway?

[Apache]

I have a non-original rad sitting in the path that weeps very slightly from the top tank. If you can solder, you could sort it out. I didn't bother cos I got an original Toyota one as a replacement.

If you want it, it'll just cost you postage.

[fonecrusher1]

Originally Posted by Billy-knu View Post
Same has just happened to my 1992 2.4TD. In an attempt to save money temporarily I have put Radweld in the radiator - problem solved! Not loosing coolant anymore. I'm sure this is a v.temporary solution - but they dont call me Mr. Bodge-it for nothing. (in fact they dont call me that)(but probably soon will) Cheap experiment though!

This guy says its a temporary solution. Why is radweld a bad idea?

[Apache]

It's designed to block holes. It could theoretically also block holes you dont want blocked, or at least decrease flow.

[Albannach]

And once it's in, it's in. You can't take it out.

[fonecrusher1]

Apache thanks for the offer but i cant weld or solder for sh*t mate.
I can service a car & install a stereo or speakers, anthing more complicated than that & smoke starts to come out of my ears.