my radiator once had a leak and i tried to be cheap, so i dumped a bottle of radiator stop leak pellets and 2 months later...(yesterday) My water pump started to Sqweel really loud! i took it off and found.....
It was all chewed up.


NEVER USE THIS STUFF!!!!
it was a pain! to get the new pump back on!

 

Pellets, grits, black pepper, block and head sealants are all "get-by's" and not a long term fix. The same goes for Green Slime and Fix-A-Flat.

 

Dang that sucks man! Lessons learned! My rad sprung a leak one time in my old chevy while me and some buddies were campin in the woods and one of them dropped an egg in my rad, not a good idea, lessons learned. lol.

 

Everybody tends to think about the quick fix.... Next thing you know your water pump is gone, heater core is clogged...yaddy ya. I'm curious about the egg solution nussdawg! lol Good luck with that water pump

 

Thankfully though, the water pump is easy to change out and doesnt cost much.

 

yup, lesson learned...the hard way

 

Just had to replace mine road debree from a trucks tire put a hole it it. That was $350 it sux

 

they did the egg deal on mythbusters or something and it worked better than some stop leak products I think

 

My rad was leaking shortly after I bought the truck. It took me a year to (get around to) replacing the rad. I dont know which is more unhealthy, trying stop leak or waiting for it to finish busting like I did. Luckily it happened at work prior to getting on highway so it didnt overheat.

 

Well the egg trick worked for a while. It definitly stopped the leak and I ran it for a few months but it think little pieces of egg clogged some of the cores on my rad and I ended up changing it out after I blew a head gasket. Whether that's related to the egg...no clue.