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From: badgolferman on 1 Aug 2010 13:16 My 1997 Camry LE 4 with 190K miles has a radiator leak. It is at the top of the radiator below the part where you add coolant. It's actually below the seam, although there is also some seepage from other parts of the seam farther away. The local car parts store sells a replacement radiator for $140 and I looked at the Haynes manual to see how easy it is to replace one. It doesn't look too terribly difficult although I am a bit foggy regarding the part where it connects to the transmission. Does a hose circulate coolant through the transmission or does the hose circulate transmission fluid through a radiator section? How hard is it to do this job or is it worth it to just have the mechanic do it? I am hesitant to use Barr's Stop Leak since I have seen what that stuff look likes and can't see that stuff ever being cleaned out of the engine cooling passages.
From: Ray O on 1 Aug 2010 16:10 "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:xn0gxd7uu3a9yrs000(a)news.albasani.net... > My 1997 Camry LE 4 with 190K miles has a radiator leak. It is at the > top of the radiator below the part where you add coolant. It's > actually below the seam, although there is also some seepage from other > parts of the seam farther away. > > The local car parts store sells a replacement radiator for $140 and I > looked at the Haynes manual to see how easy it is to replace one. It > doesn't look too terribly difficult although I am a bit foggy regarding > the part where it connects to the transmission. Does a hose circulate > coolant through the transmission or does the hose circulate > transmission fluid through a radiator section? > > How hard is it to do this job or is it worth it to just have the > mechanic do it? I am hesitant to use Barr's Stop Leak since I have > seen what that stuff look likes and can't see that stuff ever being > cleaned out of the engine cooling passages. Replacing a radiator is not that difficult. The transmission cooler has separate lines from the transmission to the radiator so the ATF circulates through a separate section of the radiator. The transmission lines are much smaller diameter than the radiator hose, about the diameter of a Sharpie. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 1 Aug 2010 19:16
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:16:12 -0400, badgolferman wrote: > My 1997 Camry LE 4 with 190K miles has a radiator leak. It is at the > top of the radiator below the part where you add coolant. It's > actually below the seam, although there is also some seepage from other > parts of the seam farther away. > > The local car parts store sells a replacement radiator for $140 and I > looked at the Haynes manual to see how easy it is to replace one. It > doesn't look too terribly difficult although I am a bit foggy regarding > the part where it connects to the transmission. Does a hose circulate > coolant through the transmission or does the hose circulate > transmission fluid through a radiator section? > > How hard is it to do this job or is it worth it to just have the > mechanic do it? I am hesitant to use Barr's Stop Leak since I have > seen what that stuff look likes and can't see that stuff ever being > cleaned out of the engine cooling passages. Not a bad price. I just replaced one in the Supra for about the same price. Pretty straight forward; remove the clamps from the hoses and remove the hoses, and then the clamps holding the radiator onto the crosspiece, and lift. There are rubber 'plugs' that locate into holes in the bottom crossmember. The tricky part is filling it. Get your coolant at Autozone and ask tham if you can "borrow" a radiator filler. It mounts onto the radiator where the cap is. You fill the radiator and then attach the super funnel and fill it with coolant. Start the engine and let it idle, keeping an eye on the level in the funnel. When the thrmostat opens, it draws in the coolant from the funnel and elimnates air bubbles in the cooling system. Or, just stand there with a gallon of coolant and add it as needed! ;) |