Radweld & Stop Leak - solutions to water and oil leaks?
Mike Foster
Will using Radweld and STP Oil stop leak help my situation? I have not used
these products before.
JackH
"Mike Foster" <o@o.o> wrote in message
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Don't know about the oil side, but I had an AX 1.5 Diesel that sprung a leak
in its rad, a few years ago.
Put Radweld in the system, and it bolloxed it good and proper - made the
leak worse.
It also did damage to the water level sensor in the expansion tank.
I'd never use it again, anyway, especially in something with a micro thin
rad like the above.
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JackH
Grunff
> I have a slight water leak (about 100ml per day)
This is not 'slight', in any way.
> and a similar oil leak.
Ditto.
> Will using Radweld and STP Oil stop leak help my situation? I have not used
> these products before.
Depends on where the leak is. Radweld has a reasonable chance of
stopping the water leak. No gloop will stop your oil leak.
Track down the leaks and fix them. This is the only way to stop them
permanently without damaging anything else.
If you must use something, use Bars Leaks, rather than Radweld. But it's
really just a matter of one being slightly less bad than the other.
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Grunff
Robin Graham
Rob Graham
Grunff
> OTOH I've had excellent results with Radweld and never any problems.
The problem with radweld is that it has a tendency to block rads and
heater matrixes. If you use it in a tractor, where the smallest waterway
is really quite big, no problem. If you use it on a car with tiny
waterways, and a partially silted up rad, you lose a good chunk of your
radiator efficiency, just like that.
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Grunff
Peter
considered as a temporary fix. I have only used it once, when I was a
long way from home and was loosing quite a bit of water due to a leak in
the radiator, more than 100ml. Once home I replaced the radiator with a
second-hand one from a scrapyard.
Dave
says...
Snap - the last & only time I used Radweld it made no difference to the
leak but gummed up the radiator permanently. OTOH I've used Barr's Leaks
several times with no trouble.
Dave
adder
> I have not had any problems with Radweld but it should only be
> considered as a temporary fix. I have only used it once, when I was a
> long way from home and was loosing quite a bit of water due to a leak in
> the radiator, more than 100ml. Once home I replaced the radiator with a
> second-hand one from a scrapyard.
>
Whenever I've used radweld or similar for minor untraceble leaks I've
only ever put a few tablespoons full of the stuff in rather than the
whole bottle. That has always been enough to cure the leak for me.
Oil leak I'm afraid you have to fix the gaskets or seals.
Paul Anderson
> I have a slight water leak (about 100ml per day) and a similar oil leak.
> Will using Radweld and STP Oil stop leak help my situation? I have not used
> these products before.
>
>
The best option is to buy a new radiator.
Paul.
Fred
"Mike Foster" <o@o.o> wrote in message
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Holts Radweld is a waste of money, go to a motor factor and ask for a "dog
terd" , that will cure most leaks and last for a long time. If you want to
sound posh , ask for a Barrseals dog terd.
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Fred" <Don't-...@hidden.co.us>
saying something like:
Of course, if you want to go the whole hog, break an egg in the
radiator, jam a set of nylon tights in the gearbox and axle (if it has
one) and fill any holes with newspaper and cataloy. Down the car
auctions with it, and Bob's yer aunty.
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Dave
SE6a
adder
> Of course, if you want to go the whole hog, break an egg in the
> radiator, jam a set of nylon tights in the gearbox and axle (if it has
> one) and fill any holes with newspaper and cataloy. Down the car
> auctions with it, and Bob's yer aunty.
Not forgettign to "grease" up the suspension parts with body filler.
Grimly Curmudgeon
saying something like:
I had a mini like that...
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Dave
SE6a
Fred
> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Fred" <Don't-...@hidden.co.us>
> saying something like:
>
> >
> >"Mike Foster" <o@o.o> wrote in message
> >news:cft0p3$bn0$1...@hercules.btinternet.com...
> >> I have a slight water leak (about 100ml per day) and a similar oil
leak.
> >> Will using Radweld and STP Oil stop leak help my situation? I have not
> >used
> >> these products before.
> >
> >Holts Radweld is a waste of money, go to a motor factor and ask for a
"dog
> >terd" , that will cure most leaks and last for a long time. If you want
to
> >sound posh , ask for a Barrseals dog terd.
> >
> Of course, if you want to go the whole hog, break an egg in the
> radiator,
Many moon's ago I had a SD1 Rover which leaked water through the water pump
bearing, I gave it the dog terd treatment and it stopped the leak for for 6
months! I still use it on customers cars that have leaks (and will not pass
the next mot) if the customer *ask's* for a cheap temporay solution. The OP
asked about radweld! so my reply was based on radiator sealers and there
various merits. I don't do car sales, but I do use radiator sealers if the
customer asks.
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Fred" <Don't-...@hidden.co.us>
saying something like:
>Many moon's ago I had a SD1 Rover which leaked water through the water pump
>bearing, I gave it the dog terd treatment and it stopped the leak for for 6
>months! I still use it on customers cars that have leaks (and will not pass
>the next mot) if the customer *ask's* for a cheap temporay solution. The OP
>asked about radweld! so my reply was based on radiator sealers and there
>various merits. I don't do car sales, but I do use radiator sealers if the
>customer asks.
Ah, ok. Actually, I will use Barr's Leaks or a turd if necessary just to
keep an old snotter going. I've even had success with Radweld, and the
vehicle remained leak-free for 30kmiles. Generally though, if it's a
vehicle I'm keeping, I'll spring for the cost of a recored rad or
whatever it needs, since anything else is false economy on a working
vehicle.
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Dave
SE6a