Last week i noticed a small crack at the top of my 97 accord radiator(original). Coolant was sitting on top of the fan...i tried JB but it didn't work, coolant still shot thru tiny hairpin crack. I added some Bars radiator stop leak and now my car is running hot. I need my car for transportation back and forth to work.Drained radiator, put in new coolant and no longer overheating.

Here is the problem: my fan runs constantly now even at normal operating temp. I was on highway for about 60 miles today and the temp gauge is going above the half way mark at about 70 mph. Once i take my foot off accelerator it goes back down to normal operating temp. I can live with the small leak but i want the fan off and the car to run at normal temp again..any help is appreciated

 

yea u should have had just gone out and picked up a new radiator and installed it only takes about 1hour to do and a new radiator for 105$$, mine hade the same hair line crack rite on top i drove with it liek that for about 2 weeks and then the crack got bigger so watch out hate to have it over heat and mess some thing else up

 

Yeah, but sometimes money can be tight!!!

 

Money may be tight, but a radiator is substantially less to replace than your engine

sohc

 

Had the same problem recently.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2190687

You can get cheap replacement radiators on ebay.

 

jb weld never works lol ... yea sohcman makes a great point ... whats 100 for a radiator compared to replacing your eng.

 

Let this be a lesson. Never put anything that coats into your radiator... that crap passes through everything.

 

seriously ... that radiator stop leak is a killer

 

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Yep... Will surely stop up those places that the coolant is supposed to flow through.. kill the engine alright..

 

it would have cost you less money to replace the rad, it is EXTREMELY EASY to take out on those cars

 

lol yea thats wht i was trying to say