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J100RSA

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 23:34

radweld fooks ur turbo it can perish the seals on it if its a water colled turbo


leeshez

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 23:12

quote:
Originally posted by Colin.S
You could try the old egg trick :lol:
I was going to sugest this should work for a while


Drew

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 22:52

94 st205 gt4 2 litre turbo jap spec :P


Drew

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 22:52

try one with a turbo adam :P


Adam-D

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 22:49

http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/radiators_display.php?txtmodel=CELICA+%281993-1999%29&Submit=Next&txtmake=TOYOTA


Adam-D

posted on 16th Dec 04 at 22:49

i dont know what model yours is?
i dont know jap cars that well

but heres a stab in the dark

https://sslrelay.com/buypartsby.co.uk/radiators_details.php?recordID=1981


myke

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:57

i used a bottle in the corsa few weeks back.
wish i hadn't !

can't remember if it was radweld or barrs leaks, but it didn't fix shit. had a hole in my radiator and another random leak from somewhere else. neither was cured, but everything got covered in crap.
header tank is full of gunk. hoses are all full of gunk. carried on leaking so there's gunk all over the drive, gunk all over the road outside a couple of mates houses, and gunk in the car park at work.

horrible stuff. fix the leak more conventionally.
is it defo the radiator? there's loads of other possibilities of where you could have sprung a leak from.


Colin.S

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:42

You could try the old egg trick :lol:

How much is a new rad for yours?
My mate broke one of the rads on his motox bike and it was over £300 for a new one, he got it rebuilt for just over £100 at a radiator place near me.


Adam-D

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:30

personally rad weld is shit.

its gunks up the water ways in the engines coolent system

id use it on a shit old car
but not a decent one


Drew

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:29

find out tomorrow

gotta do around 30-50 miles, so if ya see a post saying 'just fried engine' it didnt work, and i have a few K rebuild :lol::lol:


Ben

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:26

drive down to the shop , get back home , pour it in and leave it?


mike_1.2LS96

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 23:17

Use the rad off a 1.2 8v they're the same :|

:lol:

No a non turbo should be the same i would imagine


Drew

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:39

btw, i didnt mean pour it in when cold, i put it in when warm, then drove home steady, but got told it needs to cool down to set :|


Drew

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:37

new radiator on a corsa, yes, not alot

new radiator on a gt4 = ££££££££££ :lol:


Skipz

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:34

You have to have a warmish engine as far asi know for it to set... boiling fucks it up and when it's cold it just sits in the bottom of the rad...

In my opinion the stuffs shite... better off buying a new radiator..

[Edited on 15-12-2004 by h18_oab]


Drew

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:08

take top off and pour it in :lol:


just been told that you have to leave the system to cool down for it to set, is this true? :S


Modded, its deffo water, as its spraying onto the underside of bonnet somehow :S


waynep

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:05

where does the rad weld stuff go ??? i know radiator but how does it get in there ? lol


Jodi_the_g

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:05

The hole could be to big to be sealed with radweld


modded_corsa

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:04

any oil dripping onto your exhaust:boggle:

only other thing i cud think of:wave:


Drew

posted on 15th Dec 04 at 21:01

how long does it take to work? is it suppose to work in a few mins, or does it take a while?

ive driven around 6 mile after putting it in (15 mins or so), and still getting steam from engine bay from somewhere,