Will this Radiator leak ??

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Feb 25, 2009 | 05:33 PM

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Will this Radiator leak ??

Noticed this when putting in the rad today, one of the horizontal bars seem to be broken. What do you think ?

Feb 25, 2009 | 06:02 PM

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Yup it will leak. You could tear some fins away top and bottom with some wire cutters, pinch the area with some pliers, then JB weld over the pinch and it will hold. I fixed a radiator i had like this just fine.

Feb 25, 2009 | 07:15 PM

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Only if you put water in it

Feb 25, 2009 | 08:34 PM

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so basically trash eh ?

Feb 25, 2009 | 08:57 PM

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But like he said you can do a temp. fix and it will hold.

Feb 26, 2009 | 06:04 AM

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You can fix it like i mentioned. It helded for the entire year i had the radiator in my car.

Feb 26, 2009 | 06:06 AM

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Do like he said, except don't use JB weld, heat it up with a torch and then seal it with solder.

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Feb 26, 2009 | 08:18 AM

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prob buy a new one. Can i use my v6 radiator for this ls1 swap ? only problem is it only has 1 nipple for the coolant overflow. It does not have the second nipple for the hose that goes to the trottlebody.

Feb 26, 2009 | 01:22 PM

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Do like he said, except don't use JB weld, heat it up with a torch and then seal it with solder.

Ryan K.

Does solder work/hold on an aluminum raditor?

Feb 26, 2009 | 03:51 PM

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V6 radiators are the same from everything i have read.

I'm not sure about the solder and aluminum. I've never soldered aluminum. I know that the JB weld works.

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