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(ish), so was wondering if it would serve as a short-term solution or if it really is the stuff of the Devil, as many on here suggest. 
£100. Rad replaced. Job done.Skywalker wrote:So instead bodge it up and screw it for the next person
£100 is out of the question as that's a lot of money to me so I do NOT want to fix the car properly and instead want to just get it to be usable for the next couple of months and then I'm not fussed after that. nuff said... Radweld works by dissolving into the coolant and solidifying on contact with air as it leaks out of the Radiator...Non-pressurised 'open to air' expansion tank of the MR2?.. does "Pinching off" the affected pipes with a pair of long-nose pliers work these days - or are modern flimsy aluminium rads likely just to break? This assumes your rad isn't just weeping at the end-tank weld joints (as my last aftermarket one did)... I still replaced said Rad barely 2 months before selling it - and stuck a better condition Aircon rad on as well.
£200 
£500.
mr2mike wrote:
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-cost me a couple of quid for the pack of rad weld which lasted about 3 weeks then when the car packed in it cost me £100 for the radiator I should have bought in the first place and £300for a head skim, gasket kit and thermostat when the head gasket blew. Garage wanted £1,200 to fix -I was skint at the time and it took months for me to do it myself out on the street in the middle of winter....Don't do it! You will be miles better laying the car off the road and not driving it and saving up for a proper fix rather than sticking something like that in. Even if you're not keeping it for more than 3 months you'll still need to fix it before you sell it. Looking back my £2 packet of radweld cost me over £400+ when it should have cost me £100 to fix first time.Thanks guys but
...EDIT Just saw this -that's a shame -badly maintined cars are a nightmare when it comes to buying.NDR008 wrote:No it won't, you can risk damaging the car early.
Go on ebay or something and buy a 2nd hand rad, always better.
If you get a new rad, you will up the re-sale value as you can assure one less thing that will need replacing/fixing for a while to the new owner.
I'll even throw in a few O rings as these normally go too! The result will be the same, fix it properly!!!! 
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