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Old May 1, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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I store my car on a lift. During the winter months, I just happened to notice in the drip tray, there was some antifreeze. After further inspection, I could see beads of antifreeze along the the tray that holds the radiator. Could this leak be from the radiator? Pretty odd becuase I never had any problems with it leaking back last summer. It just started leaking sometime during the winter months while being stored on the rack. If it is the radiator, how hard is it to replace?

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Old May 1, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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I would do a pressure test first and determine if it really is the radiator, it just might be a soft hose and the fluid siphoned back to the radiator frame and makes it look like it's coming from there.
If it is the radiator then you would probably be better off having it repaired / re-cored, that way it's still original and no question about the fit.
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Old May 2, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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i have had a few cars now (with new hoses and clamps)that when they sit for the winter its like the hoses contract from non use, as soon as they heat up again they reseal and no more leaks
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Had the same thing and i could not find the leak, did the pressure test and it was all good, turned out to be the cap small cracks in both seals replace the cap.

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