`stop leak`oil additive.does it work?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:10 pm

Supposed to be temporary but I used some in an old Mini, as a get me home measure. The radiator never leaked again in the 4 years before scrapping the car. Thinking about it, it wasn't Radweld, it was Barr's Leaks - dunno if you can still get it.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:15 pm

But you know what i'm saying john? The radiator has been compromised,surely it would be in the back of your mind that there is STILL a hole there? Isn't it like putting a plaster on a gash?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:18 pm

Agreed Ste, I wouldn't risk it now, but I was a young skint lad at the time (I've got sepia photos to prove it - thought I'd get that in before you did

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bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:45 pm

francophile1947 wrote:I wouldn't risk it now, but I was a young skint lad at the time

I know exactly what you mean john, i remember the bodge of a lifetime about ten years back. I had a N/A diesel escort for work that sprung a leak on one of the big coolant pipes,as a "get me home measure" i used a bit of parcel tape on the wet pipe,that i'd peeled off a box in the boot, not only did it stop the leak, it held for the following two years i owned the vehicle for!