radiator resevoir cracked

[SpanishS2Avant]

ok when you said these cars were high maintenance you wern´t bloody kidding.

I have a crack in the top of the radiator resevior next to the bolt on the left it looks like some clever git has overtighted the bolt and started a split which has gotten to big to ignore now.
When i bought the car i noticed a very small leak from the side of the bolt but the crack is now 5cm big and needing immediate attention.

now having to top up coolant every other day....

Got a quote from the local radiator repair place 156€ = 110 quid roughly but the guy said that if he cant repair then 220€ for new one plus 96€ labour and he needs the car 2 days

Any ideas what the best course of action is with a problem like this (repair/new/diy)?

thanks all

[panzerwagen]

You could do it yourself?

Otherwise it's money well spent. Job like this is not difficult, just time consuming.

[Jamo]

Is it the crack where the bled screw goes in?

My advice if you dont want to buy a new rad is to by a product called JB Weld and appply it too the cracks on the outside.

It wont look pretty but by heck will it do the job without having to buy a new rad.

[Fat Audi 80]

I think he is talking about the plastic reservoir not the rad Jamo. If it is the clear plastic reservoir, I would source a second hand one or a new one and fit it yourself. You could probably clean up a second hand one so that it looked nearly new anyway.

I would not have thought it is a difficult job, you should not even have to drain the system down as this is at the highest part...

HTH

Cheers,

Steve.

[rotoryboy]

I have a crack in the top of the radiator resevior next to the bolt on the left it looks like some clever git has overtighted the bolt and started a split which has gotten to big to ignore now.

No he means the top of the rad

[SpanishS2Avant]

the red line shows the increase in the crack. as this picture was taken when i first bought the car.



ok going hunting for jb weld in spain should be fun

[dan_b]

Get a new main rad. You don't want that going and you losing the head gasket now, that would be really expensive...

[SpanishS2Avant]

Rotoryboy i like the look of your engine bay any chance you could come and do mine

yes its the top bolt and its spraying enough that i have topped up twice this week..

[Jamo]

the red line shows the increase in the crack. as this picture was taken when i first bought the car.



ok going hunting for jb weld in spain should be fun

You can find it on the net. It's a plastic welder, you mix it and it welds plastic together.

Very good stuff.

It will keep you going until you want to replace the rad.

[Jamo]

I think he is talking about the plastic reservoir not the rad Jamo. If it is the clear plastic reservoir, I would source a second hand one or a new one and fit it yourself. You could probably clean up a second hand one so that it looked nearly new anyway.

I would not have thought it is a difficult job, you should not even have to drain the system down as this is at the highest part...

HTH

Cheers,

Steve.

Wrong

[dan_b]

Jamo engages smug mode

[Jamo]

Jamo engages smug mode

I'm having problems disengaging from smug mode at the moment

[SpanishS2Avant]

ok thanks for the info im off out to get one of these.

DURO, DEVCON, POXY-WELD, JB WELD

should hopefully be at one of the hardware stores.

[dan_b]

I'm having problems disengaging from smug mode at the moment

Stay on Target

[Fat Audi 80]

Wrong

****!

"Its not often that I'm right, but I am wrong again...."