Radiator Woes

Posted by Pale Rider on July 09, 2007 at 21:31:52 from (207.200.116.73):

I have had an F-20 waiting to be worked on for quite a while which I have slowly picked away at over time. One of the items I knew had to be addressed was a leaking radiator, primarily around the bottom of the core. Upon disassembly and gradual cleaning of the various pieces I discovered that some (around 10-12) of the tubes near both sides have a gradual bubbling to modest leak on the ends where they penetrate the end plates when I shoot the hose close up under fair pressure at the cooling tubes in the front or back faces. Some of them seem to be leaking through the tube, most of the rest seem to be bubbling through around where the tube meets the plate, either way it's going to leak when it goes back together if it is not remedied.

In the past I have attempted to solder a leaking heater core on my Oldsmobile and found that I just couldn't adequately get a good joint and wound up making it worse by melting some of the solder from the surrounding joints. It was no big deal since the heater core was a mere $30 dollars. However that isn't going to be the case with the F-20 even were I able to find replacement core. I would gladly pay the pro's to fix it properly but a cursory search seems to idicate that most local shops are proficient at flushing radiators and simply installing new ones, not actually repairing such a situation as I have at hand. My question is; Are problems such as this addressed by a good old fashioned radiator shop and I should just keep on looking or am I kidding myself and looking for something that was never really done in the first place. I am assuming that it isn't too hard a job for someone who is proficient at it, maybe that's not the case.

The next question is do leave the core out to be worked on or would one expect the have to put it all back together for a shop to figure out which tubes need attention?

Replies:

• Re: Radiator Woes John-Paul T 04:54:16 07/10/07 (0)
• Re: Radiator Woes Bob Kerr 22:16:06 07/09/07 (0)
• Re: Radiator Woes J.J. from Afton 21:44:49 07/09/07 (0)

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