[DeTomaso] cooling question

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Hang in there Chris, things aren't that bad.   You've got a great 
support group over there.  Try to figure out where the leak is, how big 
it is, and if you were correct that it was a rock.  It's a messy and 
long job but it -can- be done.  These things can happen to -any- car.  
It's just that the newer cars seem to hide the radiator behind a lot of 
plastic front end.  ;)

Keep the faith.
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 12/3/2010 21:17, Christopher Kimball wrote:
> It may be a small job for you, but the last time I tried to do anything in the radiator department, namely adding a third fan, I succeeded in breaking the radiator so that I had to replace it.  That was about $600 as I recall, and another hundred or so to have someone who knew what they were doing put the new radiator back in.
>
> I'm beginning to think someone is trying to tell me something about this car...
>
> Chris
>
>> From: wdemelo at cogeco.ca
>> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] cooling question
>> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:02:10 -0500
>>
>> 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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