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New radiator for my '94 Accord
My Accord LX just reached 210 K miles and the service discovered that my
radiator was leaking. So I had it replaced. This is the second such replacement and interestingly, the first time I had to do it was at around 90 K miles. At this time what I found interesting was that this leak developed so soon after I replaced the radiator cap with a brand new OEM one about 3 weeks ago. At that time the radiator looked fine and was full with coolant. I just replaced the cap as a precaution, after reading here some related stories. The new cap was exact match for the old one. So now I wonder if the cap replacement and the subsequent radiator leak was just a coincidence because these radiators tend to go bad after about 100 K miles, or that cap was not really right for the radiator and caused extra pressure, thus a rapture of the core. Anybody else had a similar experience? Rudy |
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"TeGGeR®" > wrote:
> Nothing to do with the cap at all. The difference between 0.9 and 1.1 > caps > is only a few PSI, and their operating ranges overlap. > > Usually the plastic tanks crack somewhere. It seems to have to do with > thermal expansion. Secondarily, the exterior of the core can corrode > and > get a hole in it. Thanks for the "reassuring" words, TeGGeR. I can stop beating my head against the wall now. ;-) Rudy |
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my 96 accord radiator went out at about a 100k but waited until 109k to
replace. The new radiator came with a new cap. I have 130k now with no problems. "R. P." > wrote in message ... > My Accord LX just reached 210 K miles and the service discovered that my > radiator was leaking. So I had it replaced. This is the second such > replacement and interestingly, the first time I had to do it was at around > 90 K miles. At this time what I found interesting was that this leak > developed so soon after I replaced the radiator cap with a brand new OEM > one about 3 weeks ago. At that time the radiator looked fine and was full > with coolant. I just replaced the cap as a precaution, after reading here > some related stories. The new cap was exact match for the old one. So now > I wonder if the cap replacement and the subsequent radiator leak was just > a coincidence because these radiators tend to go bad after about 100 K > miles, or that cap was not really right for the radiator and caused extra > pressure, thus a rapture of the core. Anybody else had a similar > experience? > > Rudy > |
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"Halo2 guy" > wrote:
> my 96 accord radiator went out at about a 100k but waited until 109k > to replace. The new radiator came with a new cap. I have 130k now > with no problems. I imagine new radiators come with their own cap. When I bought a new cap for mine recently, the Honda parts guy asked for the letters stamped on the radiator as there were two kinds of OEM radiators for the same model year. Mine was DENSO, so that's the cap I got. I forgot what the other type was. Rudy |
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