hello,
not a good day for me today, the plastic radiator neck cracked and i lost 1/4 of my coolant. thanks god i wasn't on a highway. the good thing that it cracked in the middle so i still have about 1/2 inch extension to put a hose on. I knew that it's a common problem with older Behr radiators and there is a kit sold here http://www.**************.com/store/item.php?item=Radiator%20Neck%20Kit to reinforce the neck with a cooper pipe. I bought this car about 3 months ago, and i actually did check the neck after i found out about this issue. Previous owner also knew about this problem and did reinforce it, unfortunately just with epoxy and no pipe, and it cracked open today...


[IMG]http://www.**************.com/alerts/alertradneck2.jpg[/IMG] (not an actual picture)


i don't have enough funds to replace a radiator, so i'm just going to install a little pipe, what is the diameter of the inner pipe of the neck? and will copper be a good choice of metal?