Can You Repair A Pinhole In A Radiator

• #2

And this wasnt covered under warranty because?

• #3

No kidding. I'd have threatened them with legal action if they said that.

• #8

I wonder if the OP was e'er able to go warranty coverage on this?

• #ix

He certainly should accept...since the dealer never completely fixed the problem. If it had been my car and they denied coverage, I'd have been in small claims court vs. the dealer AND VWoA.

Last edited: Jul xi, 2022

• #11

Hey!

I've replaced 2 rads in my 2022 Golf game. The terminal time they replaced information technology, they said their did me a favor because information technology was "probably a rock"

I may have to exercise some exploratory work to see if this is happening each time.

I think this could be soldered withal rather than replacing. That's what they used to practise back in the day,

• #xiii

Right me if I am wrong but isn't the radiator backside the condenser and intercooler? Or at to the lowest degree one of those?

Yes, it is. It is pretty sheilded. He too said information technology was on the back. After request a few logical questions, he said it would be covered under warranty equally a good will gesture.

Likewise non completely sure on this simply I call back that solder tin can't exist used on an aluminum radiator. You would need to have it to a radiator store that has a Tig welder that might be able to practice it - needs low enough amps so information technology doesn't cutting through the thin tubes.

Yous're probably right. The sometime rads were copper. These days getting a mechanic to weld annihilation seems to be more expensive than replacing. That's what we get for being a throw-away lodge.

• #14

ten years ago I had a car with a pivot hole in the AC evaporator. Called a friend in the appliance repair business organisation and he said 'they make special epoxies for that'. Did not want to wait till the adjacent day and used JB Weld. It was 10PM at night and I needed the car the next morning. Even so have the motorcar and the repair is fine.
I would remember an aluminum patch could exist made and glued on with JB Weld. Just you have to ask yourself - Do you feel lucky? If the repair fails you could overheat the engine.

• #16

Merely happened to me @ 101,200 miles, on my 2022 JSW.

Took near 2.five hours to complete the chore. Fans out the bottom, radiator out the top. Lost almost 3/4 of a gallon of coolant. A T30 bit w/ i/iv" drive socket, a universal, and a 3" extension fabricated this job pretty easy.

Modified the clip and sanded downwards the fan shroud.

Radiator was ~ $240, 1 gallon of G13 was ~ $25.

Dealership quoted $950 for the job.

Good luck to anyone else who has this problem.

• #nineteen

You tin pull both T30 screws on the left & correct sides (closest to the bottom) on the fan shroud. This should give you enough room to gently pry upward the shroud and await up at the back of the fan assembly (from the bottom).

Skilful luck!

YukonLT

Veteran Member - TDIClub Enthusiast

• #24

Same thing happened to my Golf game. Was a pretty easy fix, but bummed it happened at all.

Last edited: Apr 5, 2022

• #25

Last edited: Oct 26, 2022

• #27

Having the same consequence. This should be stock-still at no toll. I'g going to do down that route with VW and if required the DOT.

• #28

There is a TSB out for this issue. VW's prepare is to add together additional spacers and so that the plastic housing does not bear on the radiator. The TSB is non released in the The states for some reason. I encourage all of y'all to file a complaint with VW and the DOT in hopes that this becomes a mandatory recall. I'd likewise file a complaint with the BBB.

• #29

Bump for the latest victim!

My 2022 Golf threw the low coolant alert over the weekend. Topped information technology off and the light came back on yesterday. Pulled the fan shroud and aye, 1 holed radiator. Guess I'll exist performing some surgery on the shroud before putting information technology dorsum in.

I may await at adding some grommets to the mounting screws to put some clearance between it and the (new) radiator.

At least the radiator isn't that expensive ($228 at my local dealer)

Yay for me!

Jim
2022 Golf TDI 6MT, 112,000 miles

• #30

Well that wasn't so bad.

My local dealer had the radiator in stock (coincidence? ) and I installed information technology today. Took almost 2 hours kickoff to finish (I had removed the fan shroud previously, so that saved some time)

A couple of things. Offset, those stupid radiator quick connects are a pain in the rear to get off. I managed to wiggle the height one off later on a while but the lower ane was not going to budge and I couldn't figure out a fashion to get more than leverage on it. In the end I decided to merely cutting the radiator outlet off as close to the radiator as a I could using a mini hacksaw.

Once that was off I removed the radiator from the machine. It came straight upwards and out, no issues.

Once the radiator was out I removed the lower outlet from the hose and put the cut off end in a vice with a piece of pipe stuck in information technology to prevent it from collapsing. And then I just tapped on the quick connect with a soft faced hammer and it popped off.

Putting the new radiator in was straightforward. I put some cardboard over the inner face up of the core to forestall damage to the fins and information technology slipped right in. I put a tiny flake of lithium grease on the quick connects and they went on as piece of cake as you lot delight.

I added some spacers to the shroud to try to prevent a recurrence of the problem. I had a plastic drill size guide lying around and cutting some spacers out of that. I glued two per hole location to requite ~ane/viii" additional clearance.

Filled it back up with coolant and took information technology for a spin. No leaks and so far, so fingers crossed.

Jim

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