Re: [radiator] stop-leak-goo?

[Paul Krucke <vwfan53@yahoo.com>]

---Jeff Wheeler <j_dubbya@msn.com> wrote:
>
> I'd hoped that the coolant loss I'd been experiencing since I
replaced my
> pump was just an insufficiently tightened hose, but I'm now pretty
certain
> it's in the radiator itself.  Is that stop-leak stuff as crappy and
> half-assed as it seems like it'd be, or is it a rational alternative
to
> replacing a radiator with what seems to be a very small leak?  Does
it gum
> up the non-leaking parts?
> 
> TIA, y'all!

I had to deal with this once when I had a Quantum for my winter car
and did not have the $$$ to replace the radiator.  Basically, I have
been advised to stay away from the 'liquid/goo' stuff.  On the other
hand I was advised, and did use the "Aluma-Seal" it is like a tube of
aluminum flakes.  A solid as opposed to a liquid.  It worked fine on
my Quantum.  In fact I think the rad on my Jetta is starting to go
thanks to Ohio crazy temp fluctuations one day it is 65f the next it
is -5f.  I may be adding this to my Jetta to get through the winter.

==
-Paul
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