Okay, so I have a radiator leak and the leak is coming from the very bottom of the radiator so its kind of hard to repair it with some sealent temporarily. And unfortunately, based on my living situation since I go to school 200 miles away in another city where I do have access to tools to change the radiator. Basically, I ordered a new radiator to be sent to my house back at home where I can replace it myself. But problem is, like I said, Im 200 miles away and looks like I'll need to drive with a leaking radiator.

Personally, I think it'll be safe since its kind of cold down here PLUS Its a direct drive on the freeway (no stop and go traffic) from where Im living to back at home so the heat just gets blown away. I figure if I just make sure to carry a couple gallons of water and fill up my resevoir right before I get home I'll be alright.

Just wondering what you guys think.

 

if you take this risk, pull over frequently to fill up.

 

Yeah, I'll be doing that alot.

By the way, I was wondering since I cant visually see the leak if pepper or an egg would cover the hole temporarily until I get home. Or even some stop leak stuff.

 

Ive heard that/ seen it on mythbusters.....
DO you really want to put an egg in your s2000?

I'de just get a shit ton of distilled water and keep it in your trunk, stop frequently at first and you'll be able to tell how often you'll need to stop, stay at a constant speed.

drain it soon as you get home so you don't freeze your block

 

BTW you dont really need alot of tools to swap a radiator...

You need to remove the two bolts on the top, and youll need a pliers to pull of the hoses.

Then youll need to remove the radiator fans , wich are the same size as the two on the top

the radiator fan switch needs to be pulled out, and torqued back in ,
the top bolts you cold torque later.
it would be a bitch to get to the fan switch later, but it could be done.

On the other hand Autozone will loan you a tourque wrench and a socket set and probably a pliers.

You'de just need a place to do it

 

if you do it you need to stop very very frequently! if not you will start to get hot and as soon as you start to get hot you can start to damage your head gasket! trust me you do not want to replace a head gasket its about $1200 i know this cuz im having to do it right now. it doesnt take much heat to hurt it just more than normal.

drive one speed, dont speed, stop more times than you think necessary, and get it fixed as soon as possible and hopefully you will be okay

 

It will make it all the way to point the engine locks up.

 

^ exactly. Let us know how far that is

 

maybe put some jb weld on it 2 days before you go it might slow down your leak, keep an eye on the temp gauge and dont burn yourself filling up your radiator every 15 minutes

 

I would get my parents to ship the radiator to me and get a local mechanic to install it.....for the extra $200 spent I wouldn't risk overheating my car. Don't forget that you'll have wait for your coolant to cool off before you open the radiator so each stop could be 20+ mins.