Fixing plastic radiator

Gabewillwin · Post by **Gabewillwin** » 27 Mar 2005, 17:14

i have a very small crack in my 850s upper radiator. the crack leaks steam and is on the side, not on the acutal core. are there any products that can patch plastic radiators

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 21 Oct 2005, 08:36

Not sure it's worth trying to patch the leaking plastic side of the radiator. My daughter's car developed a small leak a few months ago. My father-in-law and I removed and replaced the radiator and all the hoses for about $300. There are instructions somewhere in the forum on how to do the replacement. I generally followed them...with a few exceptions. I actually removed the front trim on top of the bumper (simply pulled them off) and removed the headlights. This added about 1/2 an hour to the total repair time, but made the process of removing the radiator easier. The actual removal and replacement of the radiator itself is very straight forward. I recommend that you replace the little O-rings around the auto transmission hoses if you have them. I also stepped on one of the transmission clips and broke it, so I replaced the clips as well. The whole job can be done in a few hours and was actually pretty simple to do. Hope this helps

Brian

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 31 Oct 2005, 22:19

eeuroparts.com has radiators for around $200. Best just to replace them. You could try epoxy but with the heating and contracting, it will spring another leak before long.