punctured radiator with screws

twist3d0n3

twist3d0n3

twist3d0n3

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hi all, yet another woeful tale of my problematic pc... i've just got a rad grill and some m4 self tapping screws, which alas to say have made a series of holes in my rad and it now leaks. would it be wise to solder the holes or just to simply replace the damn thing?

cheers
 
ok guys, cheers for the responses.

i had this feeling before i put the screws in that they just *might* clip it, but did some rough measuring and it looked good... wish i'd have taken a dremel to them now :(
 
Don't replace it, I punctured massive holes in both my Thermochill's using a drill (drilling out the holes to punch some Rivnuts into).

I used JBWeld and they're both leak free now.
 
u can defo solder the rad holes you made pretty easy i did it on one of my rads just insure you solder the hole completely and test for leaks afterwards,will save you money if it works worth a try at least.
 
hmmm now i'm at a junction of despair! i've ordered a new one to be on the safe side, but i'll have a go at soldering. at the end of the day, i'd rather everything didn't go bang that spending a little more to be sure, and at the end of the day if i've got 2 120.3's insteamof a 120.1+120.3 then it'll be better cooling all round :D
 
solder it, might as well try. quite easy - same principle as a car rad but runs a lot cooler. Need flux, solder and soldering iron = sorted.
 
well, i've had a go with the soldering iron, managed to get 5 or 6 of the 10 leaky points sealed, just can't get the last few, so i'll give this jb-weld stuff a go.

am i likely to find it an building emporiums/garden center-y type places?
 
I found it at the local builders merchants, garden centre is unlikely though. It's basically a high temperature epoxy, the packaging suggests things like fixing engine blocks with it so a garage may well stock it.
 
solder it man! you dont need to buy a new one!

solder it then run it through leak tests and if it passes then you've just saved yourself quite a bit of cash :)

although if you can weld than that's much more reliable
 
JonJ678 said:
I found it at the local builders merchants, garden centre is unlikely though. It's basically a high temperature epoxy, the packaging suggests things like fixing engine blocks with it so a garage may well stock it.
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thanks jon, i'll have a hunt around today and see if i can find some.

mogli1990(OcUK) said:
solder it man! you dont need to buy a new one!

solder it then run it through leak tests and if it passes then you've just saved yourself quite a bit of cash :)

although if you can weld than that's much more reliable
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already forked out for a new one which has arrived today, but it would be nice to have 2 of them :)

had a go at soldering last night, fixed some of the holes, but still some leaks which i just cannot fill. gonna give jons suggestion of jb weld a try.

many thanks for all the responses guys :)
 
as promised, a few snaps of the 6 pwm fans - it was a pita to take a snap of the pwm connector as i'd already put it in by the time i thought about taking some snaps of it connected up :)

rad fitted with fans:
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connectors:
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rad sat in rig with cables:
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