How Difficult to Change Radiator?
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How Difficult to Change Radiator?
While installing my MBC, I lightly scraped the radiator while removing the fan, and now it leaks. Did a search and found that the radiators are fragile, and this has happened to a few members (I'm kinda angry that I was so careless!)
Anyway, I'll probably put in a PWR, and was wondering if what's involved in doing the swap. Will removing the air bax, mass air + IC tubing hoses and fan be enough to reach everything and do the job, or will I have to remove more...?
Anyway, I'll probably put in a PWR, and was wondering if what's involved in doing the swap. Will removing the air bax, mass air + IC tubing hoses and fan be enough to reach everything and do the job, or will I have to remove more...?
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The fan has some very hard, sharp edges, that must have knicked one of the radiator tubes as I pulled it out. I should have been more careful, but on the other hand that radiator is pretty damn fragile.
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Yeah I did the exact same thing while installing my MBC. It was pretty easy to put a new radiator in. Just drain the coolant, take off the upper and lower radiator hoses and switch out with the new radiator. Attach the hoses back and add coolant. Now I know next time Im taking the fan out to put a piece of cardboard between the fan and the radiator.
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Re: How Difficult to Change Radiator?
Originally posted by TonyG
While installing my MBC, I lightly scraped the radiator while removing the fan, and now it leaks. Did a search and found that the radiators are fragile, and this has happened to a few members (I'm kinda angry that I was so careless!)
Anyway, I'll probably put in a PWR, and was wondering if what's involved in doing the swap. Will removing the air bax, mass air + IC tubing hoses and fan be enough to reach everything and do the job, or will I have to remove more...?
While installing my MBC, I lightly scraped the radiator while removing the fan, and now it leaks. Did a search and found that the radiators are fragile, and this has happened to a few members (I'm kinda angry that I was so careless!)
Anyway, I'll probably put in a PWR, and was wondering if what's involved in doing the swap. Will removing the air bax, mass air + IC tubing hoses and fan be enough to reach everything and do the job, or will I have to remove more...?
You might want to consider using some epoxy such as JB Weld to repair the leak. I used it on my radiator and it worked okay. I'm keeping an eye on it but I think it will be okay for an upcoming track event.
If you can't do a repair you might also want to save a few buck and go with Koyo aftermarket. The general concensus I gathered was that the Koyo was a worthy substitute for the stock unit and cost around $250 IIRC.
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TonyG,
How's your radiator going? I just scraped my radiator yesterday (when I was installing my Air Intake) and now it's leaking.
Did you take your radiator out without much difficulty?
How's your radiator going? I just scraped my radiator yesterday (when I was installing my Air Intake) and now it's leaking.
Did you take your radiator out without much difficulty?