Thanks for the answers, my natural tightwad instincts have been suitably
chastised, radiator shop it is! <g>
I have 2 of each of everything I listed so hopefully some of those will be
fine. One further question, why toss the oil cooler? One of them is fitted
to the car and that didn't leak a year ago when I last ran the engine, do
you just feel it isn't necessary?
Oh yeah, long experience working on MGs has taught me ALWAYS to listen to
the cranky OFs, they usually know what they are talking about! <vbg>
Cheers
MikeB
----- Original Message -----
From: "JustBrits" <justbrits@home.com>
To: "S & M Barnes" <barnesms@swbell.net>; "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: Testing stuff.
> Mike:
>
> As the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, cranky BUT reliable OF, the
> answer to the following:
>
> <<Is there a simple, effective way to test radiators, heater cores and oil
> coolers for leaks before I put them back on the car and find I have to
pull
> them off again?>>
>
> is yep. VERY easy. "Generally" quite reliable.
>
> Take them to a radiator shop!!
>
> Oil cooler is prob'ly a "toss it". Radiator and heater core(same thing)
can
> be "tested", rodded out and repainted with correct heat dissipating paint.
>
> As all three "protect" your motor, sacraficing a few $$s here "should" not
> be an option!!
>
> Regards...
>
> Ed
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