For a temporary repair, yes and use as directed.
Did you get the hose clamps tight? Did you puncture a hole in the bottom of the radiator? Did you get the petcock closed all the way? You didn't overtighten the petcock at the bottom of the rad did you? Is your water pump good? Did you put thermostat in the right way?????????????
Usually you get oil in your radiator when you blow a head gasket and oil leaks into your radiator. Blown intake gasket is also possible, as well as a hole in the engine's water jacket (very uncommon). Also, if the vehicle's transmission cooler coil is internal to the radiator, a leak from it may be possible (most tranny coolers are external for this reason).
I have used radiator stop leak before in my 1996 Olds Achieva SC with the V6. I put it directly into the coolant resovor. It went in fine for me. This did not give me much help though. I would not recommend using stop leak. It will clog your heater core and then you will have more than the radiator as your problem. Fine a new radiator and replace it that is the best advidce i can give you.
If the smoke is coming from the electric fan itself, then it needs replacing. It could be the smoke is steam that the fan is drawing from the radiator, and you have a coolant leak at the radiator.
usually coolant leaks come from bad gaskets... or a bad water pump.. i would say drain the system and run water through the radiator (do NOT drive with water in the radiator, your engine will surely overheat!) and see if you can spot where the coolant is coming from... if it is coming from the engine block then you might have bad gaskets.. if not then it's the water pump.
There may be a hole in the radiator?
It has a hole in it.
because it has a hole. or your radiator drain is loose
GET RADIATOR STOP LEAK AT THE STORE. $5 IT WORKS UNLESS THE HOLE IS BIG. JOSE
If a lower radiator hose was replaced on a 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan, but it is still leaking fluid, it could be that there is a hole in the radiator. It could also mean that there is damage to the overflow reservoir or its hoses.
radiator leak. try adding " leak stop"
The tanks on the radiator are plastic and the lines vibrate causing the tanks to leak were they screew into the radiator. REPLACE RADIATOR.
Probably not. I had a 1998 and don't recall seeing one. Radiator drain plugs have fallen out of favor since it creates another place for an aluminum radiator to crack and leak. If there is one it would be found at the bottom of the radiator on the side without the lower radiator hose.
I would suspect a busted hose or radiator. Should be very easy to find the source of the leak.
water pump seal bad
Probably a radiator leak or a split radiator hose.Check coolant levels in the radiator.
broken thermostat; blocked hose to radiator or hole in hose; leak in radiator; etc..