ihaterice

has anyone used any of these products? i used costal last night and it said to let the car idle for 15-30 mins. so after 30 mins there was still steam comming from under the radiator hold down. i belive that these products work by finding the leak when hot and sealing when cooled down? does anyone have any experiance with any product?

FiredUpZ28

Get a new radiator if your leaking. Period.

thunderstruck

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i would agree ! might work for a very temporary fix though. i used some in my beater and it didnt work very good

_JB_

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Worked good in an old work truck we had growing up. I would only use it for a temp fix though.

jmm98LS1

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All of those radiator stop-leak fixes are temporary and mainly for emergency repairs. You need to replace/repair the radiator if it's leaking. I have successfully sealed up a radiator in an old farm truck years ago with the old egg trick.....got me 15 miles into town to get a replacement.

FiredUpZ28

Lucky. when I bought my Z 2 days later the nipple for the reservoir cracked. I tried to patch it but it didn't work. I told the dealer to come get it and fix it or keep it. The guy put in a new radiator out of his pocket and had it back to me the next day. Never felt luckier, considering the car had 103k miles on it.

Formula413

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I tried Bars Leak for a leaking radiaor in my DD. No luck.

FiredUpZ28

I just can't see anything plugging a system thats under 15-16 psi of pressure containing liquid thats near boiling.

ihaterice

well turns out this worked! just using it till i have the money for the new radiator

samson_420

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I would not depend on that crap at all. All stop leak products are different forms of garbage. You can try using them as a temp. fix but there problem is you don't know when it will give out.

sroach20

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use the bars leak tabs, same stuff the factory puts in.