Radiator Problem -- Can it be patched???

[Eric Langheinrich]

The crack is at the base of the neck where it meets the body of the endcap. 
Any suggestions?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: <eric at xmission.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Radiator Problem -- Can it be patched???


> If you're talking about a crack in the neck of the radiator, and not in 
> the
> body of the endcap, I repaired one where the neck had broken off by
> epoxying in a piece of copper pipe that had an OD almost perfectly 
> matching
> the ID of the neck.  I soldered a ring of copper wire around the outboard
> end of the copper pipe to serve as a "barb" to help retain the hose/clamp.
> I drove the car maybe six months that way before I had acquired a complete
> new cooling system.
>
> At 06:25 PM 3/12/2005 -0700, eric at xmission.com wrote:
>>Today I flushed the cooling system on my wife's Cabriolet. After refilling 
>>the
>>coolant, I discovered that the radiator has a crack where the upper 
>>radiator
>>hose attaches. I've done some research and it seems a new radiator will 
>>cost
>>around $320. I've also read that people have had pretty good success 
>>fixing
>>similar problems using something called JB Weld.
>>
>>Does anyone have any experience with JB Weld? Is it worth trying to patch 
>>it
>>or should I just buy the new radiator?
>>
>>I'm assuming that if I'm going to pull the radiator and replace it, I 
>>should
>>also go ahead and the the TB at the same time.
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