Do's and Don'ts of Fixing Radiator Tank Leak (Not A How To Video)

In this video I share some do's and don'ts of radiator tank repair. In particular I go over the do's and don'ts of repairing cracked plastic radiator tanks. I've been in the field of automotive repair for quite sometime. There have been more than one occasion that I've had to make a "creative" repair to a cooling system. When it comes to plastic radiator tanks I've never been able to "bubble gum" my way around a proper repair. Some "bubble gum" repairs, in my opinion, include using super glues, plastic welds (the two part epoxy kind, not the kind that use heat to actually weld the plastic), pepper, and egg. Though not mentioned in the video, I also doubt that "stop leak" would take care of a leak such as this one. In my opinion there are only two ways to properly repair a leak like a cracked radiator tank and that is to either replace the plastic radiator tanks or replace the whole radiator. Think about it... spending around a $100-$200 on a new radiator plus the labor to install it, if you aren't replacing it yourself, is a lot better than spending $2,000-$6,000 on an engine that blew up because of a cracked radiator tank. Just my 2 cents...

Note: It was brought to my attention that at the 45 second mark of the video I misspelled referring twice in the text on the video. Too late to correct that now but I'll notate it here.

Here is a link to a video that shows a great example of why I recommend replacement:
https://youtu.be/hzwQBZkWk8c

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Special thanks to my wife for checking my spelling on this video and all my videos. You're the best Babe!