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The Basics of How to Apply a Temporary Repair for Radiator in Your Automobile
Suppose you are driving along when the radiator starts to leak. Even if you have enough time to get to a repair shop before the engine overВheats, there is no guarantee that you can have a new radiator installed. Maybe it’s Sunday. Maybe it’s late at night. What do you do? Try this:
1. When you get that first whiff indicating that the engine is losing coolant, or you see that first wisp of white vapor escaping from under the hood, pull off the road and turn off the engine.
2. Open the hood and examine the radiator. If the leak is coming from one of the radiator tanks, you won’t be able to make this reВpair. If coolant is leaking from the core of the radiator, proceed with the repair if the proper tools and equipment are available.
3. Use pliers to tear away the radiator fins from around where you see coolant leaking until you come upon the one internal tube that is damaged. That tube will be obvious, because coolant will be ebbing out of it.
4. When you identify the leaking tube, use your pliers to crimp it closed. This will stop the leak.
5. Wait about 30 minutes for the radiator to cool before removing the cap and refilling the radiator with water, which, if you’re prepared, you will be carrying in two one-gallon plastic containers.