is my rad shot? (new inst. questions inside)
#11
01-17-2008 | 08:22 PM
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RE: is my rad shot?
ORIGINAL: nafango2
my shop teacher once bought a car from his friend for like $100 or something like that. ran fine. He took it into the shop class and pressure tested it. once he got to full pressure the rad burst and fluid started spraying everywhere, it busted a bunch of holes in the rad. Lesson for anyone thinking of doing a pressure test: dont do it if nothings broken. this is NOT aimed at axlrose. you should do a pressure test.
my shop teacher once bought a car from his friend for like $100 or something like that. ran fine. He took it into the shop class and pressure tested it. once he got to full pressure the rad burst and fluid started spraying everywhere, it busted a bunch of holes in the rad. Lesson for anyone thinking of doing a pressure test: dont do it if nothings broken. this is NOT aimed at axlrose. you should do a pressure test.
#12
01-17-2008 | 09:35 PM
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RE: is my rad shot?
was was weak. what do you expect, it was a $100 car. After he blew the rad he had to spend $150 on a new rad. with a new car, yea its ok. But if you have a junker, a pressure test shouldnt be on your list of things to do unless theres a problem with the cooling system.
#14
01-18-2008 | 01:32 AM
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RE: is my rad shot?
ORIGINAL: JimBlake Would you rather have the radiator blow up during a cold pressure-test in your garage, or rather have it blow up hot on the interstate 200 miles from home??
#16
01-19-2008 | 08:36 PM
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RE: is my rad shot?
ok, i picked up a rad from the wreckers. it came out of an auto tranny accord. so do i need to plug something to prevent some sort of leak where the auto tranny is supposed to hook in? might be a stupid question but i have no idea.
i printed off the directions for rad replacement on this forum and it mentioned there was an added step for auto trannys, so i wasn't sure if i had to do something extra if that line isn't being used.
i printed off the directions for rad replacement on this forum and it mentioned there was an added step for auto trannys, so i wasn't sure if i had to do something extra if that line isn't being used.
#17
01-20-2008 | 05:10 AM
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RE: is my rad shot?
ORIGINAL: reinventingaxlrose
ok, i picked up a rad from the wreckers. it came out of an auto tranny accord. so do i need to plug something to prevent some sort of leak where the auto tranny is supposed to hook in? might be a stupid question but i have no idea.
i printed off the directions for rad replacement on this forum and it mentioned there was an added step for auto trannys, so i wasn't sure if i had to do something extra if that line isn't being used.
ok, i picked up a rad from the wreckers. it came out of an auto tranny accord. so do i need to plug something to prevent some sort of leak where the auto tranny is supposed to hook in? might be a stupid question but i have no idea.
i printed off the directions for rad replacement on this forum and it mentioned there was an added step for auto trannys, so i wasn't sure if i had to do something extra if that line isn't being used.