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27/12/2023 5:41 am
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Good morning Scotty
So....I was just finishing up a radiator flush and drain on my 2017 Sonta 2.4l with 89,000km.(Should not have bought this vehicle in the 1st place by the way). As I was placing the bottom engine cover for the bottom portion where the drain valve is located the bolts that held this cover were rusted out and I had to drill out the old bolts.
As I was doing so, I accidentally nicked the lower, passenger side of the 90 degree hard plastic joint portion that feeds into the radiator, the drill bit did not penetrate the hard plastic. So, I decided to place a little bit of JB weld on the nicked portion to provide it some stability.
Since the integrity of that part been compromised, would I need to replace the entire rad due to the pressure of the coolant or would JB weld be ok?
Any advice would be appreciated.
By the way, never stop what your doing, the advise and help you provide your viewers is immense.
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27/12/2023 7:10 am
Well JB, wild is pretty good but to make sure it stays on I would also get a radiator hose that was about that diameter and I would cut a piece of it off. Then I would slip it over where the neck is and put two radiator clamps around it to hold it in place and then it would probably never leak
Thank you very much Scotty
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