moping up the cooling system

usmcsawgunner · July 2nd, 2007, 02:42 AM

so i have a leak in my radiatior somewhere. i noticed it dripping and upon further inspection i saw there was a puddle in the electric fan shroud...so beacuse its in the shroud im thinking that its from the sctual radiatior and not the hoses or anything....is there a way to patch the radiatior or is it time to go with an aftermarket radiatior?

Racinjason81 · July 2nd, 2007, 03:00 AM

dont waste your time on repairing the rad and get a aftermarket 1

neverfastenough1 · July 2nd, 2007, 04:33 AM

Originally Posted by Racinjason81

dont waste your time on repairing the rad and get a aftermarket 1

+1 You can repair them, maybe even stop leak additives, but the additives tend to cause more problems down the road. I would do like Jason said and get you a good aftermarket rad with a lifetime warranty.

nolife · July 2nd, 2007, 10:29 AM

You can get a new generic 3 core radiator (most 5.0 Mustangs came with a 2 core) from many on line parts places for about $100-150 shipped. The quality is similar to the factory model and a good deal for the price. Shipping to HI will obviously be a little more. You could go the brand name route or for a performance radiator but if your factory 2 core worked fine, a generic replacement 2 or 3 core will work fine as well. To each his own.
Replacing the radiator is easy and straight forward.

usmcsawgunner · July 2nd, 2007, 01:28 PM

my buddy here just told me that if you put a capful of household pepper in the rad that it will seal it right up.....has anyone heard about that?

July 2nd, 2007, 02:42 AM	#1
usmcsawgunner Regular 1993 Mustang GT 13.2 @98.54 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Posts: 433 iTrader: 0 reviews	moping up the cooling system so i have a leak in my radiatior somewhere. i noticed it dripping and upon further inspection i saw there was a puddle in the electric fan shroud...so beacuse its in the shroud im thinking that its from the sctual radiatior and not the hoses or anything....is there a way to patch the radiatior or is it time to go with an aftermarket radiatior?

July 2nd, 2007, 03:00 AM	#2
Racinjason81 Hardcore Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,559 iTrader: 0 reviews	dont waste your time on repairing the rad and get a aftermarket 1 __________________ Heres a real funny video youtube.com/watch?v=ojB7KkaR03I VTEC stands for Very Torqueless Economy Car Honda stands for Hold On Not Done Accelerating 1991 LX 5.0 H/B(T-70 turbo coming soon)

July 2nd, 2007, 10:29 AM	#4
nolife MM Fanatic 91GT, 88GT, 02GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,057 Blog Entries: 3 iTrader: 0 reviews	You can get a new generic 3 core radiator (most 5.0 Mustangs came with a 2 core) from many on line parts places for about $100-150 shipped. The quality is similar to the factory model and a good deal for the price. Shipping to HI will obviously be a little more. You could go the brand name route or for a performance radiator but if your factory 2 core worked fine, a generic replacement 2 or 3 core will work fine as well. To each his own. Replacing the radiator is easy and straight forward. __________________

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July 2nd, 2007, 01:28 PM	#5
usmcsawgunner Regular 1993 Mustang GT 13.2 @98.54 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Posts: 433 iTrader: 0 reviews	my buddy here just told me that if you put a capful of household pepper in the rad that it will seal it right up.....has anyone heard about that?

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