Antifreeze Leak

[grfnkl]

My car ( my 88 grand am), as it does every year during this time, started to leak antifreeze, My problem with this years leak is it appears to be coming from the radiator. My problem with this is that the frame is bent and the a/c condensor is pushed back into the radiator, so it wouldn't be the easiest to fix without tearing apart the whole front end. Will something like Bar's leak work on this? I've never used it before and any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

[GTP Dad]

Bars is an excellent product and will work on most small leaks. It would depend on how big the leak is as to whether this will work or not. If the condensor is pushed into the radiator you might want to look to make sure it didn't rub a large hole in the radiator. I would try the Bars first. If it doesn't stop it then you will need to remove and possibly replace the radiator.
PS. Follow the directions on the Bars Stop Leak so you don't clog the radiator.

[grfnkl]

Thanks for the info, i have a feeling it's not gonna work. I drove the car around last night for about 10 mins came back parked it, thats when all this smoke started pouring out from under the hood, all i could smell was antifreeze and it was pouring out of the car( car was not overheating though), so i probably finally blew the radiator ( perfect time too right before inspection) BTW My condesor has been pushed into the radiator for about 3 yrs now, and this is the first leak from it!

[grfnkl]

Well I decided to go with putting in some of that leak stop stuff i bought bars. Wehn i went to put it in (11pm) about the only time i get to do this stuff, i realize the raditor fill is on the side of the radiator and that i wouldn't be able to fill it there,Would i be able to put it in where my thermostat is without messing up the thermostat?

Also I would if anyone could explain this to me. But my car was leaking lots of antifreeze, the tank was almost empty. When i went to put the stuff in the car didn't start leaking for about 20 mins and only 2 drips came out, on top of that the tank was full to the cold line, BEFORE i even started the car up! Where did all this antifreeze come from? The leak stop i'm not surprised about since the car has a tendacy to leak then stop then start back up again...

[x7_Hurley_7x]

it's your overfill tank... the same thing happened to mine ... i had to fill it up like 3 times a week durig the summer then my light turned off and now it's fine...