Busted the bottom radiator hose section.
Probably busted when I was doing the bump start method to loosen the bolt.

Radiators aren't cheap. Whats a good glue? Or is this gonna be hopeless?


Other casualties of the day. 19mm



Frack bump starting to get the crank bolt loose.

 

get some good epoxy... let it cure. Whats the worst thatll happen haha itll either work or leak.

 

That rad does not look good - JB Weld possibly? Replacment would be the best. IMO. I'm wondering if you could get a lower tank from a wrecking yard and crimp it on (there may be a gasket between the lower tank and the core)....hmm.
Craftsman socket.....replacement!

 

Take your lashes and buy a new radiator, or find a good used one.

No sense trying some fix that might work, or might leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere. The system will pressurize when hot, and might blow the fix apart.

 

LOL, Toyota does have a Tank Kit, Radiator Lower listed for at least the 5VZFE radiator. 04166-04030 (lower tank, gasket, petcock), but the price is about $102 before shipping from www.1sttoyotaparts.com.

At that price, a new one would be the better deal. I have a performanceradiator.com that has served me well for a couple of years now. Others buy from radiatorbarn.com or NAPA, etc.

 

I don't mind replacing it some day soon. But I'm in a financial hole right now. I just paid $1600 to my cousin for wrecking his quad and owe another $400 that I was gonna pay over the next two paychecks. I need to borrow some time and glue is the way to do it.

What's the best epoxy for this though? Something that can be bought locally.

Frack, I think I have tranny fluid in my hair too. Just pulled the radiator.

 

you can get a brand new one with a lifetime warranty off ebay for around 80 bucks

 

yeah, that epoxy stuff just isn't gonna cut it man. its worth a shot. but trying to get pressure on the points to allow the glue to dry. idk rough stuff.

there is glue out there for abs plastics and urethane body kits that might be of some assistance to you if you want to pioneer your way through it. i know 3m make some stuff like that. might be a little bit stronger or a plastic. realistically you should go junk yard hopping and hope to geebus you find one for a couple 30 bucks or so.

 

I have used an epoxy that had the high heat capabilities, but it had to be cured in an oven. You are not going to walk into an autoparts store and get something that is going to work. You are much better off buying a new rad.

You may be tight for money, but it will save you $ in the long run.

 

Been there. Use liquid dish soap instead of shampoo and several wash-rinse cycles in a hot shower. Follow with a squirt of conditioner so your hair won't be so dried out.

Don't ask.


$139 will get you a Koyo radiator, which a number of folks here recommend. I'd be concerned about your damaged radiator being more likely to go all strawberry milkshake (rupture between the coolant and ATF sides, allowing catastrophic mixing) on you if there's internal damage. I don't even trust my intact radiator.

 

I didn't think about that. Good point.

Can't wait for something to ship out. This is my only ride to work. Gotta get up & running by tomorrow!
Autozone has a lifetime radiator for $180.

 

The thing about autozone lifetime parts is that you tend to take them up on it. Repeatedly.

 

JB Weld that thing, use a lot, put it on the edge of the crack, then press it together, and put more over the crack and around it.

No promises that this will work.

 

thats the good honest truth too. cant trust anything electrical with those places. starters/alternator.

 

Lesson learned. Buy a new radiator and buy a higher quality brand of socket.

:wabbit2:

 

I actually have experience with this. On an old volvo I had. I discovered that the previous owner had fiber glassed a patch where a crack had developed in a similar place to your damage. The fiberglass actually did pretty well for a while. When it failed I used some JB weld It got me back to town where I could get a replacement. I would tend to agree with most of the folks and suggest that you just do it right the first time.

 

If money is real tight look around on here to find someone that replaced their radiator for fear of strawberry milkshake and see if you can get their old one. You might get away with just paying shipping.