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brainiac
Posts : 37
Join date : 2012-04-08
| Subject: '95 RMW radiator  Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:45 pm | |
| Question about a '95 RMW. The Low Engine Coolant light is on and today I actually saw a water pool under the radiator. Took it to a garage and they found the secondary fan had come lose and it appeared that the fan nicked the radiator and there was a fine streaming leak. This fan is still functioning and just needs to be reattached. But the radiator. Is there something that can be done short of buying a new radiator? Thanks. | |
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jayoldschool
Posts : 2728
Join date : 2009-06-14
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:54 pm | |
| No. If you want to really redneck it, you could take needle nose pliers and crimp off the tubes that are leaking. | |
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81X11
Posts : 9876
Join date : 2010-06-23
Age : 49
Location : Round Rock Texas
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:16 pm | |
| I ordered my new radiator from Rock Auto after hitting the deer Christmas. Fast delivery, good product and great price! | |
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brainiac
Posts : 37
Join date : 2012-04-08
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:59 am | |
| How much was the new radiator? | |
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phantom 309
Posts : 5848
Join date : 2008-12-28
Age : 114
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:53 am | |
| for a temp fix,. (that will last a lot longer than most folks realize) put a handful of fine black pepper into the rad,.. | |
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Andebe
Posts : 3323
Join date : 2013-02-20
Age : 54
Location : Centerville, IN
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:16 am | |
| WARNING:Using the above trick has been known to cause the muchies. Smells like youre following a food truck.  | |
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brainiac
Posts : 37
Join date : 2012-04-08
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Wed Jun 29, 2016 3:44 am | |
| Big price difference between lower end radiator and GM OEM. Anybody have experience on this? | |
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phantom 309
Posts : 5848
Join date : 2008-12-28
Age : 114
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:33 am | |
| - brainiac wrote:
- Big price difference between lower end radiator and GM OEM. Anybody have experience on this?
Yes i do,. i have found over the years that anything GM oem is constantly more expensive compared to lower end stuff. I think maybe that why there is a huge supply of aftermarket parts available. have you had any experience with this? | |
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tom.cates
Posts : 11
Join date : 2014-06-25
Location : Asheville, NC
| | Subject: Re: '95 RMW radiator Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:41 pm | |
| Well,
My original radiator cracked at the side tank in April at 150K.
I bought the replacement from automotive-cooling on ebay for about $70 shipped. It arrived well, was well packaged, and for the money I was satisfied. It seemed like a good quality radiator, and I think it actually is a good unit.
But:
The core was thinner than the original radiator. This necessitated some creative rigging and modifications including the supplied clips and the original clips to locate the top and bottom of the radiator. I did finally get it to work.
It had a drip for a little while, that I am pretty sure came from the radiator itself, but seems to have cured itself. I never found the source, so it could have been spilled fluid during the replacement.
There you go.
/TOM | |
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