jacasey
11-09-2005, 11:22 PM
Hi All, the pipe flange/end of the pipe on what seems to be the main coolant pipe on the top of my radiator has broken away :shock: (whilst driving I may add). The rest of the radiator seems fine and I was able to keep on driving just by tightening up coolant pipings to the rest of the pipe. My question is this can I just get a new top for my radiator ? the car is drivable but its not much fun driving with the knowledge the coolant piping could break off at any time . :nuts: I haven't been able to source any replacement radiators as yet (since its the weekend) but I have found this on ebay for <=$200
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MITSUBISHI-MAGNA-RADIATOR-NEW-1992-97-TR-TS-4-6CYL_W0QQitemZ4573494618QQcategoryZ10400QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
What sort of price do you think I would be looking at for a repair vs. the cost of getting a new one?? I was thinking of putting it in myself as there are only seems to be about 3-4 coolant pipes going into the thing plus some pipes coming from the auto gearbox. My only other question is do I have to get a radiator that is suitable for a magna or can I simply get something that is of the same size/shape generally and has a an oil cooler in the bottom. The other thing is I would like is a radiator with a proper metal top rather than the shoddy plastic that is the root of my current problems :rant: hehe.
Are there any unforseen problems with changing a radiator? and is it reasonably simple to clamp the oil cooler lines and to swap them over to the new radiator? I guess I would need to top the gear box up with a bit of transmission fluid after that.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MITSUBISHI-MAGNA-RADIATOR-NEW-1992-97-TR-TS-4-6CYL_W0QQitemZ4573494618QQcategoryZ10400QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
What sort of price do you think I would be looking at for a repair vs. the cost of getting a new one?? I was thinking of putting it in myself as there are only seems to be about 3-4 coolant pipes going into the thing plus some pipes coming from the auto gearbox. My only other question is do I have to get a radiator that is suitable for a magna or can I simply get something that is of the same size/shape generally and has a an oil cooler in the bottom. The other thing is I would like is a radiator with a proper metal top rather than the shoddy plastic that is the root of my current problems :rant: hehe.
Are there any unforseen problems with changing a radiator? and is it reasonably simple to clamp the oil cooler lines and to swap them over to the new radiator? I guess I would need to top the gear box up with a bit of transmission fluid after that.