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how to find out if you have a bad radiator???

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Old 12-16-2005, 10:03 PM
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Default how to find out if you have a bad radiator???

this is not LS1 specific, but here goes. Last night during an ice store, a co worker of my hit the front end of my daily driver, a cavalier. She had an expedition, so it is quite higher than my car. Well anyway, she hit the car with her bumper, and destoryed my driver side headlight. But now i am leaking anti-freeze. It may have just losened the upper rad. hose, but it was too cold, and i couldn't see what the damage. SO if it is not a loose hose, and it needs a new radiator, how would i know? I am going to take it out of the car tommorrow, and inspect it. What should i be looking for?

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If the leak is coming from the radiator, it needs to be replaced.
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yeah dude its pretty hard to knock a hose loose. radiators on the other hand are pretty fragile.
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I would be looking for a hole if I were you! or look for where the fluid is built up on the radiator! Should be fairly obvious




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