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RE: 97 Accord LX F22B2 engine oil leak - 4/29/2008 4:45:25 PM    97LX   Posts: 13 Joined: 5/26/2007 Status: offline Thanks Jim I finally got a good chance to look at it during the day and the top of the radiator is cracked :( Does anyone know if this can be patched or welded up? I'm probably going to sell this car soon and I don't want to buy a new radiator. This car has been quite the lemon. I never mentioned that the car itself runs very rough even though it's been maintained very well :( Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) (in reply to JimBlake) Post #: 16

RE: 97 Accord LX F22B2 engine oil leak - 4/29/2008 8:34:59 PM    JimBlake   Posts: 3272 Joined: 5/31/2006 Status: offline I can't honestly recommend patching it up, because the plastic tank is prone to brittle fracture.  JB Weld is good stuff, but to make it stop leaking you'll have to smear it around so your buyer will notice it.  And still it'll just burst open one day. Drain it far enough so you can make the crack really clean & dry.  Rinse around there enough so you get all the antifreeze out of the fracture.  That won't be real easy.  Then smear it INTO the crack, not just over the top. _____________________________ '03 Accord & '07 Civic '01 Saab 9³ & '05 9²x (in reply to 97LX) Post #: 17

RE: 97 Accord LX F22B2 engine oil leak - 4/30/2008 8:28:33 AM    00AccordLX5spd Posts: 3815 Joined: 1/16/2007 Status: offline Yeah I was going to suggest JB Weld as a band-aid.  But the crack will reopen as JimBlake said. _____________________________ 2000 Accord LX Sedan F23A1 5spd -Short Shift Adapter -eBay SRI w/ K&N 1995 Accord V6 Sedan AT - AKA "the money pit" 1991 Mustang LX 5.0 Convertible - my daily driver all through college - now sits in my dad''s garage - needs a little TLC (in reply to JimBlake) Post #: 18

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