Radiator Leak

[ozvaldo]

My radiator is dripping very slowly from the top, can anyone help?!

cheers.

[Brainy]

999

[Carl the Llama]

I'll be right over.

[yorkie1999]

 

Fookin rapid response team

 

 

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Edited 16 March 2018 by yorkie1999

[Izzy]

@Strokes is 'mister fix it' around here 

[Dr The Singh]

You got bigger problems, Get rid of those shoes, there a fashion disaster

[Dr The Singh]

Tighten it

 

If it still leaks, you need plumber tape, you need to close valves, empty the radiator, take the nut off, tape it, put it back together

[Stadt]

Leak? Call Vladimir the plumber 

[Wymsey]

@Webbo?

[Dr The Singh]

Keith Vaz may help?

[The Doctor]

Stick a bucket under it and call it a water feature. Immediately ups your property value 

[Brainy]

This is a poor idea to speed up the 1 millionth post

[stripeyfox]

I can't see any leak? Fake News!
 

[stripeyfox]

7 minutes ago, Walkers said:

This is a poor idea to speed up the 1 millionth post

 

We need a "My mate is the ref tonight" or "Face of Kinder"...

[FoxesDeb]

Try tightening the valve where it's leaking from, if that doesn't work turn it off at the valve on the bottom at the other end, then the water can no longer get into it so it will just drain until it's empty. 

[Strokes]

Drain the system, take it out and put some ptfe tape around the thread for a better seal. Is what I would try 

[Wakeyfox]

1 hour ago, ozvaldo said:

My radiator is dripping very slowly from the top, can anyone help?!

cheers.

That's a pretty big wet patch on the wall for a slow drip...

[Strokes]

3 minutes ago, Wakeyfox said:

That's a pretty big wet patch on the wall for a slow drip...

I think that’s a shadow mate.

[Wakeyfox]

1 minute ago, Strokes said:

I think that’s a shadow mate.

Nah, looks wet

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, ozvaldo said:

My radiator is dripping very slowly from the top, can anyone help?!

cheers.

Have you tried swapping the kop and family stand?

[Wymsey]

1 hour ago, Dr The Singh said:

Keith Vaz may help?

Thought he just fixes washing machines?..

Even reading his name makes me feel uneasy.

[Strokes]

1 hour ago, Wakeyfox said:

Nah, looks wet

There is a tiny drip on the floor, I think that would be more if it was running down the wall. I might be wrong though.

[Trav Le Bleu]

49 minutes ago, Strokes said:

There is a tiny drip on the floor, I think that would be more if it was running down the wall. I might be wrong though.

If it's the shadow though, what's casting it? The radiator is a straight line across the top, not like the bobbly "shadow". Having said that, looks a weird shape for a damp patch.

 

I reckon the problem is demons. Call an exorcist.

[Vardinio'sCat]

 

Put one of those awful shoes under the drip, save the other shoe for when you have to empty the first.

 

No need to thank me.

[Strokes]

7 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

If it's the shadow though, what's casting it? The radiator is a straight line across the top, not like the bobbly "shadow". Having said that, looks a weird shape for a damp patch.

 

I reckon the problem is demons. Call an exorcist.

I’d guess the shadow is caused by a wall light onto the rear grill on the back of the rad. Look how perfect the lines are.