CJINOHIO03 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I have a leak in my beater. I cant find where it is coming from exactly though. What does a seal and test cost normally? I have never had one go bad before. I was thinking about using that liquid stop leak stuff but I heard it is bad for the motor. Anybody have experiences with that stuff? CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 For a beater - try a tube of BARS Stop Leak. I've heard all the bad things about it also, but I have seen it seal up many a beater before. I would never dump it in my built motors, but I have never had bad results in older street cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 I was watching Mythbusters one night . They did some myth about putting an egg in a radiator to stop the leak. They drilled a hole in *** radiator definatley had a leak in it. Dropped in an uncooked egg, and it stopped about a minute later . **Note** would not try this unless its your beater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperado Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Egg's, oatmeal, Bar's leak. There are many things that you CAN use. Best thing to do is pressure test the Rasiator and go from there. What kind of car is it? If it is an older can we an all metal (brass) radiator, and it's not eat up real bad in the core I can most likely fix it and pressure test it. If it's a newer style with the plastic ends, that is another story. I have had some luck with using JB Weld or PC7 (epoxy) on them but I have had mixed results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 The best stop leak we've found on all our vehicles, tractors, dozers, and other equipment says "Worlds Best Stop Leak" right on the bottle. The bottle is yellow also if I remember right, but I don't remember the brand name. Another option and one that I do when I wanna fix it right is just take out the radiator and fill it with water. Cap both ends and then heat a tank with a torch. It will build pressure pretty fast and the water doesn't take long to get hot so be careful. It will start pissing everywhere that there's a hole and then you just mark them and hit them a torch and radiator soldier Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Originally posted by desperado: ...Rasiator and go from there.... Aren't rasiators made of dried grapes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 not sure what kind of beater it is most auto parts stores sell brand new ones for under 100 bucks easy piece of mind for your daily and a lifetime warranty too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 My buddy had the radiator tank leaking on his S-10 blazer and Autozone wanted nearly $400 for it so I welded the plastic for him. Its been about 5 months now and no problems. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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