[DeTomaso] cooling question

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I fixed one once with a raw egg, lasted until it was R & R with a NW Rad
which had to be ordered, as I recall about 10 days.  Michael
On Dec 3, 2010 10:28 PM, "Art Stephens" <artstephens at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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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