radiator leak :(

[apollas]

So I filled up my koyo radiator today with fluid thinking Im going to finally run the car out of the driveway until i noticed there is a small leak on the radiator itself near where the lower radiator hose connectes... It was most likely due to my intercooler pipings vibrating against it.Is there a way to fix leaking radiators? My leak is equivalent to small droplets of water dripping...

[94_240sx]

Is there a crack? If so, JB Weld.

[apollas]

yea there is a hole that looks like its been punctured by my intercooler hoe clamp...

so jb weld is the way to go? how is the pressure after wards? i would suck if i have to dump another 200+ bucks for anotehr koyo

[94_240sx]

Arrrggg. I thought it was a crack or something. JB Weld should hold for crack, but don't know about the hole, man. I think you should listen to someone with this experience. Koyo runs about $300. I hope you don't have to buy another one.

[apollas]

damn.. the puncture is no bigge than the end of a 10mm bolt..(which was the bolt that punctured it)

[Patarach]

just an idea, but maybe if you have any aluminium flashing around or something similar you could make a patch for it by cuting a small piece of flashing and covering one side with jb weld, and covering the hole, I assume that would work fine i have done things very similar to this before.

[S3t0_S13]

for small holes u can use tobacco

since it gets bigger like a sponge it clogs holes

i was running mine like that for a while dude

that or JBweld

[94_240sx]

If you can remove it, take it to a welding shop. It'll take like 2 sec for them to patch it up and it'll be done right. I bet it'll be really cheap too.