We still stuck at montague new vision church . And we don't have any extra coolant. Is there anyone can help us out.?


Photo : leaking from top of the radiator.

 

Damn bud, same exact thing happened to mine last month, the top seam on the front and back of my OEM radiator split while i was driving. Sorry to say but there is no fixing it, its time for a replacement.

I went with the all aluminum Sonic Motor rad. The quality is is amazing, the core is 30% larger over OEM, and its only $220. Dont bother spending the $400 or w.e for a koyorad, i gaurentee the quality of the Sonic Motors one is is equally as good as the koyo. Just food for thought.

Ryan

 

common leak spot. use 5 min jb weld and water if you run out of options. it should get you home/mechanic. turn the heater on full blast too.

 

Welcome to the club. Same happened to my 04 a couple years ago.

 

Yeah. We'll be end up buying a new one soon

Volkey we're the one you saw in Livermore earlier near Luckys.
Right now we are trying to find a solution like sealant or something to fill the hole. Just to get back in Livermore

 

Happened to me too...make sure if you get an aftermarket radiator that the main hose is trimmed properly and doesn't come close to hitting fans...vendor on here that did my koyo didn't cut enough off so it sagged down a bit, got chopped by the fans and i lost a lot of coolant, blew a headgasket

 

Get some radiator stop leak. Fill it up with water run the heater on blast and drive home. Temporarily fix. Happened to me on the way home from reno in 100° weather! Hope that helps.

 

Also don't used cold cold water. Heat shock can make things worse. I had the exact same seam bust on me last Friday I was able to limp it home only 5 miles just topped everything off kept the heater on and watched the temp. Also turned it off at lights to prevent unnecessary idling. You could do this and keep topping off every few miles just be careful of steam so protect yourself with a folded towel when opening the radiator. Also open very slowly to vent pressure. Hope some part of this helps.

 

im near by....and also, my rad crapped out on me too...right at the filler...went out to AutoHQ and bought a KoyoRad

 

Thank you for all the advice guys. We finally got a trailer to bring it back to Livermore and we decided not to drive it.

 

Thank you for all the advice guys.

We decided not to drive it. And we finally got a trailer to bring it back to Livermore.
I'll look forward and start saving some money to get my new radiator.

 

who did the job?

 

otherwise this will happen

 

That's exactly what happened to me...had the job done in hayward

 

there are a couple radiators for sale in the classifieds. changing it is easy. replace the upper hose while you're at it since that can fail too.