Coolant Leak
 

To whom it may concern,

Friday, I was driving and hit a piece of a 1x4 in the road. The peice of board broke through my plastic brush guard and my car instantly started leaking coolant. Any ideas what could have been hit. I know the radiator is there and the lower radiator hose. I will check them out but would there be somehting else I should look for? I check the oil pan and everything else is fine. I still have oil pressure and the car starts fine.

Any help would be appreciated!!


-Cody

Could be one of your lower end tanks on the radiator broke, they are plastic. Happened to mine.

Are they expensive to replace? Do I need to replace the whole radiator?

Yes you do. A new stock radiator will cost around 360 bucks. It's better to upgrade when a part failrs. You can get a Koyo Aluminum radiator free shipping for 360 I believe at rx7trix.com. These don't have plastic anything, are bigger, and cool better on an already taxed cooling system of the FD. When mine went I didn't quite have the money for it and my friend had a new 500 mile stock rad. that he sold to me for like 80 bucks and installed himself too. =)

Thanks for the response. Do you still have the stock one?

Check to make sure that it is the radiator. If it is you will need to replace the whole thing.

Exactly, you don't know the exact cause of the leak, get that checked first before you do anything else.

Hey street king do you still have your stock radiator? If so, how much do you want for it.

If you have to replace yours, you'll be better off getting an all aluminum radiator.

:withstupi An upgraded radiator most of all does not have plastic end tanks that can crack under load. It's an all around better upgrade if you plan on modding the car in the future. The koyo unit is relatively cheap, and is great.

What I said earlier was that my end tanks broke on my old one due to a tow truck. I got a newer one from my good friend. I do not have any extra radiators.

I see.....thanks for your help. I will be wrenching on it tonight. I will let you know what i find.

If it turns out you need a radiator I will send you my stock one for just the cost of shipping. That will give you time to shop around and decide which radiator you do want.

Send me a PM if you want it.

Replace it w/ an upgrade now or risk replacing it again later. Don't drive the car if it's overheating.

I will repalce it but i need something in the meantime..........its my only car. So yes TOM93r1 I want it what's the shipping charge?