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[087dave]

Hi all ,i have a water leak out of my heater inside the car
i think it is coming from the matrix,
i was thicking of putting in radweld before buying a new matrix

does the radweld last long?

is this stuff any good or are you better off buying a matrix?

[ANON]

radweld is awful stuff, use wynns radiator stop leak. although for how easy it is you might as well just change the heater matrix.

[Mini Adam]

Hi all ,i have a water leak out of my heater inside the car
i think it is coming from the matrix,
i was thicking of putting in radweld before buying a new matrix

does the radweld last long?

is this stuff any good or are you better off buying a matrix?

My dad used radweld in his Ford Focus Estate V reg 3 weeks back now. (Oil was getting into the water system thus casuing the car to overheat). It's done him well so far. For the £10 it's cost him it's worth it so he doesn't have the hassle of having to rush to find a new car. He seemed pretty impressed with the results

[minidream94]

yeah rad weld is shicking, my mate blew his rad up as it was full of rad weld, not a good ending, he had to rebuild the engine :S

[Abminis]

radweld nasty gear
keep away from it
personaly i would fix the leak

[charie t]

Hi all ,i have a water leak out of my heater inside the car
i think it is coming from the matrix,
i was thicking of putting in radweld before buying a new matrix

does the radweld last long?

is this stuff any good or are you better off buying a matrix?

Its awful, its designed as a "get you home" fix. its not meant to be used as a permanent repair.
It should be flushed out of the system when the repair has taken place.
If i were stuck on the moors with a water leak, then i would still think twice about using it

[rick.spi]

dont bodge it, this is why minis have such a bad reputation. fix it properly and its over with!

[mattsbmw]

Fix it properly, would only use rad weld as an absolute last resort.

[starletman]

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My dad used radweld in his Ford Focus Estate V reg 3 weeks back now. (Oil was getting into the water system thus casuing the car to overheat). It's done him well so far. For the £10 it's cost him it's worth it so he doesn't have the hassle of having to rush to find a new car. He seemed pretty impressed with the results
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Its ok to postpone something thats already broken,but for the sake of a £30 matrix and half an hours work i would replace it.

[MiniLuke]

Bypass the heater for now whilst you source a new matrix.