[DeTomaso] cooling question

[Art Stephens]

Chris,
I think Will's answer is the best way to do it. But, I had a radiator in a 
van one time that sprung a leak. I used some Bar's Leak and it never leaked 
again while I drove the van for another 30 thousand miles.

Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Demelo" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
To: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>; "Pantera List Serve" 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooling question


> The stop-leak stuff is temporary. Pulling the rad is a small job. 2 beer 
> job
> at the most. Pull it and fix it right.
> Will
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Kimball" <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
> To: "Pantera List Serve" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:50 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] cooling question
>
>
>>
>> After a test drive this evening, I was dismayed to see a drops of coolant
>> dripping from the radiator onto the floor.
>>
>> The drops were few, and formed very slowly, and it appears they are 
>> coming
>> from the lower corner on the passenger side of the radiator.  The tiny
>> fins seem bent, as if a rock may have hit there at high speed.
>>
>> I've always been leery of those "stop leak" radiator concoctions, since 
>> it
>> seems to me it can't be good to be dumping stuff into a cooling system
>> designed to plug things up--especially a Pantera cooling system.
>>
>> I have a brass radiator which I know could be fixed, but the thought of
>> pulling it out is depressing.
>>
>> Should I try a radiator stop leak product first, or is that a bad thing 
>> to
>> do?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>> #3846
>>
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