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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
A Taste of Home
California
Tetge's Car Dead!
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<blockquote data-quote="stang99" data-source="post: 633036" data-attributes="member: 191"><p>I pulled the intercooler radiator to take a look at it. It had most of its fins bent from being hit by road debris and it was full of bugs and little rocks. The leak was coming from this big hole, although big is relative, as a round toothpick would not fit down the hole. I looked around for a screw small enough to fit in the hole since I figured that I could find just the right size self-tapper I could put sealant on it and plug the hole, but it was too small a hole for any screws that I could find, and there was no meat in the radiator to drill it bigger. I could not solder the radiator since it is aluminum. Finally, I took the smallest screw that I could find and ground and filed it down to fit the hole. Then I put lots of 5 minute epoxy in the hole, put my custom screw in the hole with more epoxy, and put the radiator back in the car. Tomorrow morning I'll fill it with straight water and see if my fix holds. It may end up being a permanent fix since I am sure the IC radiators are not cheap. But, the car definitely needs a screen over the IC radiator and the driving lights and I will have to fabricate one asap. </p><p>If the fix holds I'll have to get some Ford yellow anti freeze and some distilled water and properly fill the system. My car is approaching 31000 miles, so this is a head's up about the screen to protect your driving lights and IC radiator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stang99, post: 633036, member: 191"] I pulled the intercooler radiator to take a look at it. It had most of its fins bent from being hit by road debris and it was full of bugs and little rocks. The leak was coming from this big hole, although big is relative, as a round toothpick would not fit down the hole. I looked around for a screw small enough to fit in the hole since I figured that I could find just the right size self-tapper I could put sealant on it and plug the hole, but it was too small a hole for any screws that I could find, and there was no meat in the radiator to drill it bigger. I could not solder the radiator since it is aluminum. Finally, I took the smallest screw that I could find and ground and filed it down to fit the hole. Then I put lots of 5 minute epoxy in the hole, put my custom screw in the hole with more epoxy, and put the radiator back in the car. Tomorrow morning I'll fill it with straight water and see if my fix holds. It may end up being a permanent fix since I am sure the IC radiators are not cheap. But, the car definitely needs a screen over the IC radiator and the driving lights and I will have to fabricate one asap. If the fix holds I'll have to get some Ford yellow anti freeze and some distilled water and properly fill the system. My car is approaching 31000 miles, so this is a head's up about the screen to protect your driving lights and IC radiator. [/QUOTE]
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