Help - is it possible to buy Radweld out here?
Oct 6th 2010, 11:24 am
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Hi all - thanks for all that - just read it all out to OH.
It is a Honda as it happens - a CRV - and there is a leak, but not sure just where it's coming from, I suppose it needs to go up on ramps. He's just put in some stuff he got from a petrol station called 'Tapa Fugas Radiador' - but I suppose if it's a hose leaking it won't have much effect.
We got home from a motorway drive last night & could see steam rising from the bonnet - there was also a very strong smell of curry - which is a bit of a mystery
It is a Honda as it happens - a CRV - and there is a leak, but not sure just where it's coming from, I suppose it needs to go up on ramps. He's just put in some stuff he got from a petrol station called 'Tapa Fugas Radiador' - but I suppose if it's a hose leaking it won't have much effect.
We got home from a motorway drive last night & could see steam rising from the bonnet - there was also a very strong smell of curry - which is a bit of a mystery
mimnimum 500 euro using a s/h head!!!
Oct 6th 2010, 11:45 am
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Re: Help - is it possible to buy Radweld out here?
Actually - we do get frost where we are (just 20 miles inland, but quite high up), it was down to minus 5 a couple of years ago!
Oct 6th 2010, 11:48 am
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Some of these anti-leak additives can gunge up the fine pipework in your radiator and in themselves can eventually cause overheating even after your leak is repaired.
Oct 6th 2010, 11:50 am
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Oct 6th 2010, 11:51 am
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He's just took it into the village to have a word with the local mechanic!
Errrmmm - what's a chapuza?
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Oct 6th 2010, 2:04 pm
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Have just spent some time Googling round the world and most, if not all, parts making up a "Plastic" radiator can be replaced or repaired by a reasonably competent garage with access to a plastic welder.
The plastic tanks can fail routinely after about 4 to 6 years. Replacing a tank can take a competent mechanic about an hour.
I'm sure that if you take your car to your usually efficient garage they will know where to get it done.
NB I was shown how to weld plastic in Berlin so its not a recent innovation.1972.
Oct 6th 2010, 2:47 pm
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You are quite right they can.
Have just spent some time Googling round the world and most, if not all, parts making up a "Plastic" radiator can be replaced or repaired by a reasonably competent garage with access to a plastic welder.
The plastic tanks can fail routinely after about 4 to 6 years. Replacing a tank can take a competent mechanic about an hour.
I'm sure that if you take your car to your usually efficient garage they will know where to get it done.
NB I was shown how to weld plastic in Berlin so its not a recent innovation.1972.
Have just spent some time Googling round the world and most, if not all, parts making up a "Plastic" radiator can be replaced or repaired by a reasonably competent garage with access to a plastic welder.
The plastic tanks can fail routinely after about 4 to 6 years. Replacing a tank can take a competent mechanic about an hour.
I'm sure that if you take your car to your usually efficient garage they will know where to get it done.
NB I was shown how to weld plastic in Berlin so its not a recent innovation.1972.
Dose not happen. ,you seem to be missing the point of garages, they are there to make a living , not save customers a few euros for an unreliable repair , all garages know if they fit a new rad it comes with a gaurantee for at least 12 months , a repair has no guarantee as its a bodge ,an hours labour in Spain is around 35 euros, a core without headers will only be around 20 to 30 euro cheaper ,obviously the used header you fit wont have any warranty, not a smart move.
Suggest you give up trying to be an armchair mechanic and leave to those who do it for a living
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Oct 6th 2010, 2:47 pm
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Oct 6th 2010, 3:30 pm
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Karma sent great advice
Oct 6th 2010, 3:41 pm
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Particularly important if you have an aluminium engine or parts of
Oct 6th 2010, 6:36 pm
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Ok while we are on still on cars
My Astra 1.7td (gm motor) needs a new alternator as its starting to squeak again, bearings were changed about a year back & still good but a wee bit of movement in the shaft can cause contact with the casing at its age. (end float)
Anyway........
Local motor factors via a Spanish account is 270eu for a recon Bosch jobbie, so popped onto ebay.uk and found a supplier who looks quite good & can supply a Bosch copy for 100eu all in (inc postage)
My Astra 1.7td (gm motor) needs a new alternator as its starting to squeak again, bearings were changed about a year back & still good but a wee bit of movement in the shaft can cause contact with the casing at its age. (end float)
Anyway........
Local motor factors via a Spanish account is 270eu for a recon Bosch jobbie, so popped onto ebay.uk and found a supplier who looks quite good & can supply a Bosch copy for 100eu all in (inc postage)