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accidently put radiator sealant in the brake fluid resevoir
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darcelg
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Sep 11, 2012, 4:36 PM
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accidently put radiator sealant in the brake fluid resevoir
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How screwed am I?? I was trying to add the sealant to the radiator, but the radiator in my 2008 chrysler sebring didnt have any place to put fluid. I am so dumb. HELP!!!
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Hammer Time
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Sep 11, 2012, 4:53 PM
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Re: accidently put radiator sealant in the brake fluid resevoir
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Yep, your screwed........
First of all, you shouldn't be putting that crap anywhere unless you plan on replacing the entire cooling system and heater.
It depends on how much you have used the brake since doing this but at the very least you need to replace the master cylinder and completely pressure flush the rest of the system.
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nickwarner
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Sep 11, 2012, 6:26 PM
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Re: accidently put radiator sealant in the brake fluid resevoir
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Radiator sealant usually is good to seal anything but a leak. The only fix for a leak is the proper parts. If that crap worked they wouldn't sell parts, there would just be a store full of bottles. You are definately screwed. You might be buying every last piece of your brake system and honestly I don't think you should be installing this yourself. Do as HT says and if a master is all you need consider it a cheap lesson learned. If you haven't driven it yet, DON"T drive it at all. Tow it to the shop. trust me, its cheaper.
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Discretesignals
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Sep 11, 2012, 7:37 PM
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You know your going to get razzed on this. I agree with HT's suggestion. I've never heard of someone putting radiator stop leak in the brakes system before, so don't know what kind of effect it would have. Imagine the big bucks if that stuff gets into the ABS modulator.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Sep 11, 2012, 7:41 PM)
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darcelg
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Sep 11, 2012, 7:56 PM
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Re: accidently put radiator sealant in the brake fluid resevoir
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I scooped it out and nothing was left.. it pretty much made a big clump of itself and that was it. I drove it around for 45 mins and there is no more overheating and nothing wrong with my brakes.
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Sidom
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Sep 11, 2012, 8:51 PM
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The problems won't surface until later.......You really need to follows HTs suggestion.....
Well...If you've been driving it....it's probably too late now.....Contamination problems usually surface anywhere from 2 weeks to a month afterwards....
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nickwarner
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Sep 11, 2012, 9:27 PM
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When some idiot cuts you off or someone's kid chases a ball into the street your brakes will not stop you and you will have to live with that. I seriously hope you don't live in west central wisconsin so at least I know my kids are safe from your car. This isn't a scare tactic, this is the cold hard truth. Guess that leak stop wasn't a bargain after all. You're going to spend far more to have this fixed than you would've paid to have that radiator replaced properly with good parts and a warranty on the repair.
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