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    White Mist/Smoke From Radiator

    I have a issue on my hands... Car has got a leaky radiator due to crappy install and hitting one of the cores. Now it was attempted at soldered up.. but its still leaking a little bit... Now that is my main concern.. but the other thing is when i have the cap of the radiator and the car has warmed up.. there is like a white mist/smoke literally coming out've the radiator... the temperature of the car is still sitting smack bang in the middle and aint overheating.. but the mist/smoke says to me that its damn hot!! Now... i really hope its not a headgasket..? What else could it be..? The car has overheated twice or so now.. but doesn't blow white smoke out the rear.. i've just noticed the engine is getting a bit "dirty" due to the overheating incidents. Help asap as its my daily car and driving my other 30yo car to work really isn't the best idea.

    Thanks.
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    Sounds like the radiator may have a hair line crack in it. Let it get hot then try to locate the area of mist/smoke, turn the car off and let it cool then get a closer look. If it's not cracked, then we go to step 2.

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      #3
      Replace or the radiator. Don't do shitty install this time.

      Or, try repairing again with product as this. I don't have first hand experience on it but seems to work.
      http://www.muggyweld.com/?view=aluminum
      Last edited by oyajicool; 07-12-2012, 08:06 AM.
      A&P-IA

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        #4
        replace it or do what i did and jb weld it.

        my new turbo build

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          ahhh im just glad i haven't done further damage to this.. i'm meant to be swapping the motor out and putting it into a prelude i have here and selling that car off so i can minimize the amount of cars i got... and then put my h22 vtec into the cb7.. but for meantime i just want my old girl to drive for a bit longer.. so yeah i'll either get a new radiator when i fix up the front end properly or try fix this one up a bit.. but yeah the mist/smoke is coming from where we tryed to solder it up.. so i can understand what you guys are saying in regards to it being cracked.

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