Repair an aluminium radiator

Leaky radiators spell trouble both for the effecient running of your vehicle and the environmental damage.
Constantly filling up the coolant in your car’s radiator, creates the risk of it overheating and the coolant you leak can cause environmental damage. Your cooling system will also become damaged with the fluctuating coolant levels. 

A radiator is a very fragile piece of equipment, usually made from very thin gauge aluminium with either plastic sides or aluminium. Anything that hits it can easily puncture it and cause a leak.

With metal tanks, repairing any damage is very difficult and often costs more than a replacement unit. Well not any more!

Durafix Easyweld can help you repair the damage in a few seconds, with minimal fuss. Using a handheld torch, heat the damage area - REMEMBER - this is very thin gauge aluminium, it will get to working teperature in a few seconds.

Apply the heat and rub the end of a rod onto the damaged area, almost immediately the rod will flow. Simply go over the damaged area and take the heat away. It will be cool in a few minutes, with your hole effectively fixed. When its cool fill with water and test again.

Because the rods don't drip like conventional solder, going over the holes won't cause blokages in the pipes, so the radiator will be as good as new, and for the cost of a few cents and a few minutes of your time, you have a perfectly working radiator.

The same is applicable for fixing cooling units, condensors, and air-conditioning units.