 Radiator replacement question |
 Jun 5, 2017 - 5:46 PM
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Bit the bullet and decided to try to resurrect my Base Level 94 Celica ST 1.8L with manual transmission. It has been unable to start for over a year and a car buff friend stopped by and assured me he would help me pull the engine and get me through the problems of rebuilding it's 7AFE.
So, the engine bay is empty, the garage is full of mostly washed parts, the engine block in on an engine stand, I have a rebuilt head, and I am faced with the following problem about the radiator: What caused her to shut down was an overheating event which messed the head gasket, warped the head so it could not be repaired, and blew a hole in the RADIATOR. It just so happens that a couple of years ago when I was redoing her suspension, brakes and wheel bearings all round, I needed a front steering knuckle and found one on a Celica at a local junk yard. At that time I also ripped off that Celica's decent looking radiator and brought it home where it has been stored ever since. My Celica's transmission is manual. Its radiator is different than the one I got at the junk yard, which is for an automatic transmission. There is no identifying information on the junkyard radiator, and I do not recall what Celica it came from, but maybe 1995, just guessing. I moved the two fans from my old radiator and was easily able to mount them on the junkyard radiator. The only way I know the two radiators are different is that 1) my radiator core is about 5/8" deep, while the junkyard radiator core is 1" deep, and there are two teats on the bottom of the junkyard radiator (for automatic transmission fluid) that are not on my radiator. All that said, the QUESTION: Would it be ok to use the junkyard automatic transmission made for radiator in my Celica that used a radiator made for only for a manual transmission? Would it cool my engine properly? Are their any snakes laying in the direction of my thinking? |
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Jun 7, 2017 - 12:42 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 26, '06 From Bowling Green, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Didn't think of that. Sounds like a easy and cheap way to do it.
This post has been edited by root: Jun 7, 2017 - 12:49 PM |
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Langing Radiator replacement question Jun 5, 2017 - 5:46 PM
Box Just have to cap off the transmission cooling port... Jun 5, 2017 - 6:58 PM Bitter Usually the automatic trans radiator has a little ... Jun 5, 2017 - 7:04 PM Langing Sorry, I have forgotten how to post this JPG photo... Jun 5, 2017 - 9:38 PM Box If the hose locations are the same it was out of a... Jun 5, 2017 - 10:54 PM root Should be ok. I just put a new Denso in my ST, and... Jun 6, 2017 - 12:04 AM Langing Appreciate your comment, root. I bought this junky... Jun 6, 2017 - 12:36 PM root I definitely know where you're coming from... Jun 6, 2017 - 10:18 PM Langing Yes, it was pulled from a Celica, but about two ye... Jun 7, 2017 - 9:39 AM root Haha, I should have been a little more specific th... Jun 7, 2017 - 12:36 PM Bitter Shop vac might push 1/2 to 1 psi. Use bicycle pump... Jun 7, 2017 - 12:37 PM Box They make radiator/cooling system flushes, cap the... Jun 7, 2017 - 5:31 PM Langing Thanks, Box. Great suggestion! Makes so much s... Jun 8, 2017 - 7:17 AM
Box I would boil just the water, then pour the flush a... Jun 8, 2017 - 5:51 PM |
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