Radiator leaking, 323 owners pls help!

[Laser]

My 3 yr Ford Laser is having some leaking at the bottom of the radiator. Any idea besides changing a new radiator, what alternatives can I take.

And how much is a new radiator.

 

Thanks

 

Laser

[Elfenstar]

Is it from the rad itself or the bottom hose? Temporarily you can use one of the radiator cheimi-weld stuff.

[Laser]

It is from the radiator itself, the black bottom plastic cover of the radiator. But the leak now is very minor.

 

Laser

[Elfenstar]

Bring it to a radiator place to get it checked out first as those can be removed. The seal might just be broken, warped, etc.

[Kanr]

proably u are right,men!!!Cheeers!!!!!!

[Linus]

ah.. 3 yo aldy got leak ah... wats ur mileage like ?

[Yeobh]

Since it is already three years old,it is best to do a pressure test to detemine whether there is other about-to-leak locations. If the leak is not due to corrossion but peeling off of botton tank due to poor sealing ( plastic type ) or dry soldering then doing minor repair is worth the time and effort.

[Laser]

Mileage just past 70,000km. The problem is about 2 months ago there is a leakage in aluminum tube within the radiator for cooling of the ATF oil, and it cause the ATF oil to split into my radiator.

 

Sent to Stamford for rectify and they suggust changing only the aluminum tube. And that cost me $350! Now this problem, so I suspect they did not do a good job.

 

Anyway how much will it cost for a new radiator ?

 

Laser

[Mivec9]

My 3 yr Ford Laser is having some leaking at the bottom of the radiator. Any idea besides changing a new radiator, what alternatives can I take.

And how much is a new radiator.

 

Thanks

 

Laser

 

if its leaking via the bottom rubber hose, juz change the hose.

 

If radiator, think possible to mend the leak.

[Elfenstar]

Bring it back to them and see what they say.

 

Now that you mention that work has been done, i think it would most likely be a bad job on their part. Esp since they had to open the rad to do the work on the ATF cooler bits.

[Laser]

I think so too, but the problem is that it has already been 2 mths since the incident

 

Laser

[Elfenstar]

Just try. No harm. There's a 6mth warrant on works done in aust. Maybe i'm used to it