aerosam
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 04:53 PM |
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Putting radweld in a high performance engine
Hi guys, my 540i (M60 V8 engine) has a leak on the radiator. Looks small enough to be dealt with by good old radweld, but is it really wise to be
putting radweld in a big powerful engine like this?
Goodness only knows what a new radiator is going to cost.
Had enough of this dictatorship known as LCB. Gone elsewhere, not coming back. Kiss my ass ChrisW.
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 04:55 PM |
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if you need another radiator, try www.partsgateway.co.uk
always found the breakers on there really good
don't think radweld will be a permanant fix. will do for a bit though i guess.
i think Mr Whippy used egg whites in his JCB with good success. held for years if i remember rightly
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mookaloid
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 04:55 PM |
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I think K-seal is the stuff to use.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Guinness
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 05:53 PM |
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I had a leak on my 540i. Tried K-Seal, but the leak was from the nose of the water pump!
Then the expansion tank in the side of the radiator disintgrated, completely.
Will the 540 rad fit in a locost chassis?
Cheers
Mike
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Phil.J
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 05:57 PM |
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With high performance cars there is only one way to fix them, the right way! Fit a new rad. or whatever before it becomes really expensive.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 06:29 PM |
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K-Seal is100% safe --- and it works
Don't put Radweld near it, it isn't good for engines and radiators with fine coolant passages and it causes thermostats to
stick (fortunately usually full open ). Radweld was OK in the days of Morris Oxfords and sidevalve Hillman Minxes but its day has gone.
Even worse than Radweld is Barrs Leaks --- OK if you are an Ice Road Trucker but not in a modern car engine.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 06:37 PM |
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Anything that you bung in and goes milky is based upon soluble oil.
It will coat everything with a film of oil, reducing the engines capability to shed heat to thye coolant.
Also modern cars have smaller passages in the rads so wave goodbye to the heater... which I guess will be an absolute swine to replace.
I am afraid your only real option is new rad up front.
Regards Mark
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 08:25 PM |
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It will gum the heater matrix up even quicker than it fixes the leak as said before. There was a shop near us that repaired radiators and it was a lot
cheaper than buying a new one, look if there is anything similar near you.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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