4ksq issues

Nate Stuart nathan.stuart at maine.edu
Thu Mar 1 20:00:53 EST 2001


> > Montana, the only thing I noticed was there was fluid on the cover below
> > the radiator, which leads me to believe that my radiator may have a leak
or
> > something.  I hope not.  It didn't look like there were any pipes around
> > this area to be leaking fluid at this location.
>
> two hoses, one in front, one in rear of rad, and a coolant temp sensor
> for the fan relay, all at the bottom.

3 hoses at the rear of the Rad, one large one on top for coolant flow,
another smaller one at the top to the overflow tank, and the other at the
bottom for the overflow/fill tank.

> that's 3 easy places it could be leaking.

5... ;-P

> good rule of thumb - when coolant system parts start to go kablooey,
> replace them *ALL* (hoses, at least).  The rest will follow soon and
> it's so much easier to do them all at once.

Good advice, AMHIK.... :-)

Later,
-Nate
'89 90q (with even more holes/hoses into the rad....:)




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