For the past couple of days the weather here in nyc has been cool enougth that you can acutally see steam come from the front of the hood. Its scaring me, and i see anitfreeze on the top of the radiator but no leak? What could be the problem..? where do you guys suggest in getting an aftermarket or oem Radiator, also where? I have seen some Radiators that are plastic.. and i have been searching the internet and have price them from rangin from 90 bucks to as much as 200.... please help.. i guess that i have to pay teh 20 bucks for the search function

 

i see them on ebay for around 100, i wouldnt get a plastic though

 

thnaks i just saw one lol... but i need to know if it is.. maybe i should try usin gthose sealers additives..

here is one link to the ebay radiator
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6768

 

step #1 should be to check the radiator cap itself. many people never think to look there. pull it off and check the rubber seals to make sure they're not cracked or torn or missing.

after that, just about any radiator will work on a basically stock car. only time you should have to worry about which kind is better is if you're running boost or bottle, in which the extra cooling is needed.

my suggestion on which to buy is to find one locally with a warranty. screw saving $40 buying one online if you don't get a warranty on it and if it goes out in a year, you're doing the job all over again, and paying for ANOTHER raditor.

even if the online ones DO have warranty, the car's going to be parked while you send them the bad one, let them figure out what to do with it, then (possibly) send you a new one.

 

Refer back to step #1
You say you're seeing steam, when the steam is present pull over pop the hood and closely inspect for the origin of the steam. Then you say there's no leak, was your radiator or reservoir low on fluid at the time?