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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 975605" data-attributes="member: 52972">I had a VW Rabbit (bought it for my daughter) that had a radiator leak where the plastic tank attached to the aluminum core.  I bought a new radiator, but the VW manual said you could remove the clamping ring that held the plastic tank to the radiator core, replace the large O-ring seal and gave the exact measurements to set the jaws on a set of vise-grips used to pinch down on the segments of the clamping ring that secured the tank to the core.The new radiator I bought was cheap and worked fine. You might want to check with a radiator rebuilding shop to see if they can just replace the tank-to-core seal, or perhaps replace the plastic tank if it is cracked....Rich</blockquote>