Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:44:06 GMT From: "F Wills" <Fred.Willsnopsamam.starband.net> Subject: Re: Radiator
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:3c166be6$0$30975$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... > Jom <mobilepbmnopsamo.co.uk> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > Saab radiator has developed a very slow leak. Is it possible to add a > > sealing compound to the coolant? (if so which one?) .....or should I bite > > the bullet and but a new radiator? > > Well... your leak is a very small hole. A sealing compound will close up > very small holes. > > The problem is, that the hole *radiator* is composed of very small passages, > which the sealant will just as happily plug. Oh, and your heater matrix, > that's full of small passages too. > > The only thing that radiator sealants are good at, is at wrecking radiators > and heater cores long-term, for a short-term fix. > > Dave Hinz > Others feel differently: http://quasimotors.gar.net/about_bar.htm