Radweld? in a turbo?
07 February 2007, 10:26 AM
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You can do but do remember if the rad then pops and you lose your water quickly you could be looking at major engine work time.........the rads are only £150ish or many places will repair them for half the cost.
Look at it this way.........if you ruin your engine you'll still have to get a rad as well
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Look at it this way.........if you ruin your engine you'll still have to get a rad as well
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07 February 2007, 10:31 AM
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You can do but do remember if the rad then pops and you lose your water quickly you could be looking at major engine work time.........the rads are only £150ish or many places will repair them for half the cost.
Look at it this way.........if you ruin your engine you'll still have to get a rad as well
Dave.
Look at it this way.........if you ruin your engine you'll still have to get a rad as well
Dave.
No!!! for the rad!!! sorry should have said...I didnt think u cud put radweld on or around your turbo?
Yeah noticed slight leak this morning, going to investigate further later, but just in case it is the rad i wondered if i cud put some radweld in the water tank? to tie me over.
cheers lads for the advice
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07 February 2007, 10:34 AM
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Like using eggs; Rad weld should only be seen as a temporary fix to a cooling system leak on a car you don't care about.
It can impair the cooling ability of the engine as it coats all the internals of the cooling system and water ways. This affects any car, turbo or not.
It can impair the cooling ability of the engine as it coats all the internals of the cooling system and water ways. This affects any car, turbo or not.
07 February 2007, 01:30 PM
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Personally I would not use Radweld, or anything similar, in a turbo'd car. The stuff works by solidifying when it comes into contact with air - ie when it finds the leak. If you are unfortunate enough to have a air bubble, or for that matter a slight leak, in the coolent galleries of the turbo, these will get clogged up with the stuff & the next you know is an over heated & quite likely broken turbo..... 
If you have used th estuff, you can try & flush it out of the system, but can you be sure it's not already blocked something it shouldnt have.......?
If you have used th estuff, you can try & flush it out of the system, but can you be sure it's not already blocked something it shouldnt have.......?
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07 February 2007, 02:29 PM
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check your yellow pages ,see if you have a local coolex shop under radiators.i bought a new radiator for my 94jdm a couple of weeks ago for £85 inc vat.radweld wont last long and could end up being an expensive job.
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