stjohnsmythe
Active Member
Well they are finally done and what a bloody nightmare.
A couple of weeks ago I went to change the rings and the screw was stuck, jammed solid. Even a stupidly long screwdriver wouldn't budge it. So I ended up chucking some Radweld in which stopped the drip/leak for only a week.
Today a screw extractor kit arrived in the post so drilled a pilot hole into the screw and extracted it with no problems using the kit. New rings in and new screw, ran the car up to temperature and no more drips! Fingers crossed that's fixed it!
So now I need to get the coolant changed to flush all the Radweld crap out the system. Yes, I know, short term fixes are a waste of time!
Quick question though, Although only a small amount of coolant was lost from the heater matrix, there didn't seem to be any air escaping from the expansion tank when running the car with the cap off (and squeezing/burping pipes). Will an airlock force itself out the overflow if I take the car for a run?
A couple of weeks ago I went to change the rings and the screw was stuck, jammed solid. Even a stupidly long screwdriver wouldn't budge it. So I ended up chucking some Radweld in which stopped the drip/leak for only a week.
Today a screw extractor kit arrived in the post so drilled a pilot hole into the screw and extracted it with no problems using the kit. New rings in and new screw, ran the car up to temperature and no more drips! Fingers crossed that's fixed it!
So now I need to get the coolant changed to flush all the Radweld crap out the system. Yes, I know, short term fixes are a waste of time!
Quick question though, Although only a small amount of coolant was lost from the heater matrix, there didn't seem to be any air escaping from the expansion tank when running the car with the cap off (and squeezing/burping pipes). Will an airlock force itself out the overflow if I take the car for a run?
