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anyone heard of using an egg to fix a leak in car radiator?
chardonnay_2
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anyone heard of using an egg to fix a leak in car radiator?
fil seems to think he has heard of putting an egg white into a cold radiator and when it heats up it seals the leak?
we have tried radweld 3 times to no success and presently have two tiny jets of water leaking at the front of the radiator.
anyone got any suggestions?
fil seems to think he has heard of putting an egg white into a cold radiator and when it heats up it seals the leak?
we have tried radweld 3 times to no success and presently have two tiny jets of water leaking at the front of the radiator.
anyone got any suggestions?
:love: married to the man of my dreams! 9-08-09
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If you put raw egg white in a leaking radiator it might work for a short while in an emergency, but you would have to leave the pressure cap off.
Once the radiator pressurised it would blow out.I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.0 -
I saw this on MythBusters on the discovery Channel (great Show).
I'm pretty sure they said that it wasn't possible.
But hey give it a shot you never know!!"That's a big 10 - 4 Good Buddy"£2 Coin Savers Club
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Mythbusters did actually prove that this worked. This was one of the few myths they did with an engine that actually worked.0
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I think you'll get some good answers on the Motoring board and so I'll move this across for you.
To the best of my knowledge most of these fixes are limited or temporary (good enough to get you home) and I'm sure the readers there will be able to help you out.
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arkonite_babe wrote:Mythbusters did actually prove that this worked. This was one of the few myths they did with an engine that actually worked.
My bad, sorry. it was a while ago when i watched that one!!"That's a big 10 - 4 Good Buddy"£2 Coin Savers Club
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Chances are if it already has 2 leaks some more on on the way.
Having worked for the AA on patrol (in a former life!) the amount of 'temporary' fixes that people use and then blame the car when it fails again is unbelieveable. :mad:
Why not get it fixed properly? :rolleyes:0 -
to be honest we are skint and looking for the cheapest option.:love: married to the man of my dreams! 9-08-090
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arkonitebabe - was it only a temp fix?:love: married to the man of my dreams! 9-08-090
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Also heard of putting in porage oats and one of my friends tried it and all he got was nice smell of porrage cooking.Thats true but there is another one called Ceelit that works as long as leaks not pouring out0
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hi, where can you buy ceelit?:love: married to the man of my dreams! 9-08-090
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