Came down off a wheelie and the front tire kicked up a rock right into the radiator, the hole if very small, big enough to spray coolant onto the front tire though. Anybody know if there's a way to temporarily patch a radiator for a week or two until i get a new one?

 

jb weld?

 

there is something that they sell at like autozone or watever. it is puddy that u put on the outside over hole, works mint, been on my buddy's bike for like 3 months but i dont kno wat its called. it comes in a little cylinder and its grey thats about all i can tell ya

 

I know and egg will plug the hole, but it's temp, and i have NO CLUE what it could do to your engine. it could ddo nothing tot he engine, or it could destroy it I've got no clue, but i've seen it work on cars.

 

go to ur local autozone, dont get the stuff u pour into ur radiator its bad for ur water pump. the stuff u want is like catach said..its a bi color putty that u mush together with ur fingers and patch it on...it works ****in mint, jb weld also works too...but try and get teh putty stuff

 

nice, so this **** works good? should i even bother getting another radiator? My buddy did the egg thing on his car, actually worked lol

 

I got some shiat from Walmart for like 4 bux. Stop leak or some shiat.. you just pour it into the rad. It'll fix pinhole leaks quickly. Then it will gunk up your whole rad / overflow bottle with shiat that looks like thick soup. I though my whole system was garbage. BUT! I flushed it out with a hose and it cleaned out all the gunk and the hole in my rad stayed plugged. Kinda messy, but if you flush it enough, your rad will be fixed... Mines been good for a couple of months now with no overheating or anything. Just get the gunk out after it seals the hole and before you ride because it will overheat with it in. Cheap fix and you don't have to buy a new rad.

 

nice, so this **** works good? should i even bother getting another radiator? My buddy did the egg thing on his car, actually worked, smelled like *** when he opened the radiator cap though, lol

 

i would def get the puddy. we put the powder **** in z-unit;s bike and it still leaked a little, it kinda worked but nothing like the puddy did

 

duct tape works on everything...just don't expect it to last. Use the putty and replace the radiator when you can.

 

jb quick

 

EXACTLY, its called PERMATEX GAS TANK AND RADIATOR REPAIR Comes in a blue package. If i were you i would drain the radiator and make sure you know where the hole is. Make sure the area is totally dry and put that stuff on it. It dries in like 2 hrs and you can fill it up and use it. Mine has been done for like 3 months now and it works great.

 

I used JB weld--then once the JB dried, I gooped the spot up with High strength super glue--the stuff that comes in a syringe that you have to mix up. Plugged it like a CHARM.

 

The stuff you want is called All-Steel. We used it on a crack in Shocker Andy's cylinder block(in the water jacket, straight water froze and cracked it) on his F4i two winters ago and it's still going strong. The key is to make sure it's clean and dry. Use a small wire brush and brake cleaner then knead the stuff together and press it in place about an inch around the hole. Should be golden.

 

you could always two part epoxy it. Thats what some radiator shop did to fix my dirtbike radiator. Worked like a charm. Kinda more liquid than JB stick or those other alternatives, so it kinda seeps into the fins instead of sticking on the outside of them.