Radiater tank busted... What do?!

[StuntDrivin4U]

My radiator tank outlet has now busted completely. Thought about doing an OEM replacement but what would be a good aluminum replacement as well as a electric fan and such?

[Eecen]

Mishimoto makes nice radiators. Or go find a JY rad.

Depends on what you want to spend really.

[Bene]

if you want to be cheap you can probably epoxy the piece back on and the sand it smooth.


Just a thought from the redneck in me.

[StuntDrivin4U]

if you want to be cheap you can probably epoxy the piece back on and the sand it smooth.


Just a thought from the redneck in me.

Good thought, but you are crazy haha!:shock:

[Dominic49]

holy shit you need to flush your coolant more often.

[StuntDrivin4U]

just picked up the car 3 weeks ago.. Flushed it 3 times already

[jlevie]

The OE radiator lasted a long time, perhaps since the car was built. It is more than sufficient to keep the engine cool if the rest of the cooling system is working properly. You can get an all aluminum radiator of the same or greater capacity, but economically it makes little sense. In a like manner the engine driven fan/clutch works very well and replace of those parts is cheaper than substituting an electric fan.

[StuntDrivin4U]

The OE radiator lasted a long time, perhaps since the car was built. It is more than sufficient to keep the engine cool if the rest of the cooling system is working properly. You can get an all aluminum radiator of the same or greater capacity, but economically it makes little sense. In a like manner the engine driven fan/clutch works very well and replace of those parts is cheaper than substituting an electric fan.

Thanks for the words of advice. The only hope with the electric fan was to allow more room to do maintenance when needed. I ended up ordering a new radiator from Turner, didnt feel like tracking down a used radiator and possibly having problems with that.

Thanks again guys for the replies

[jlevie]

It takes a 16" fan rated for 1800cfm to equal the engien driven fan. If you use puller fan you gain hardly anything in working room on the front of the engine. And you have to come up with a mount for the fan that doesn't involve the radiator core. Removing a puller is more more work than removing the engine driven fan. The only way to gain working room on the front of the engine is to remove the aux fan and condenser and mount a pusher fan there.