Radiator problem

[TimStatelman]

I have four pinhole's in my radiator on the upper part and they are all right next to each other... my radiator has a 16lb cap, is that too much? Also, do you think that its repairable?

Thank you,

Tim

[55 Fargo]

  TimStatelman said:

I have four pinhole's in my radiator on the upper part and they are all right next to each other... my radiator has a 16lb cap, is that too much? Also, do you think that its repairable?

Thank you,

Tim

Hi Tim, what rad, what year,what car?

If you have a rad from a 1946-48 P15 or D24, any rad cap of any pressure won't matter, as the rad isa non pressure design, and will not build any pressure.

Now if you are talking about a later rad say 1951 and later, than pressure caps become an issue. The early Pressurized cooling systems employed 4 lb cap, certainly no more than 7 lb pressure caps.

Is your rad in decent shape, is it clean, does it have good flow, is it a honeycomb design. If you are not sure, post some pics.

Sometimes a repair is viable, sometimes not, honeycomb rads cannot be rodded, but tube and fin, can be.

So give us some more details, and hopefully we can assist you with tis problem......Fred

[greg g]

Try some alumna seal, available from most parts stores. works pretty well on pin holes.

[TimStatelman]

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[55 Fargo]

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[greg g]

That should be easilly fixable if its onthe tank. You might even try some jb weld.

clean up the area with fine sandpaper down to the metal, then apply the jb to the hole and repaint if it seals.

Doing a home repair there with a torch and solder, is a bit of a porblem due to the proximity of the soldered seam where the tank meets the core. If you over heat that while doing a soldered repair you could have a larger problem.

a radiator shop should have no problem fixing that leak.