HELP with new Radiator
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Central NJ
HELP with new Radiator
I just bought this last week, I see it has connections for an auto trans, but I have a lt4 6 speed.
Does my stock radiator have these 2 connections also? Does my stock radiator have caps to cap off these 2 things?
If my stock radiator has caps, I am assuming I take out these blue plugs before I put the caps on?
Does my stock radiator have these 2 connections also? Does my stock radiator have caps to cap off these 2 things?
If my stock radiator has caps, I am assuming I take out these blue plugs before I put the caps on?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Knoxville Tennessee
The caps are just keep trash out of the core inside your radiator for the auto tranny until the lines are connected. You can leave them in the new one but nothing will leak if they arn't installed. It is like a small core within a large core.
Bernie
Bernie
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Central NJ
Its kind of odd that they wouldnt be connected to the radiator itself..
Race Director
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From: The Top of Utah
Your factory radiator did not have a trans cooler and therefore no cooler connections. Almost no one in the radiator business makes, stocks, and inventories two radiators where one will do. All replacement radiators come with the trans cooler and will work for both the manual and automatic applications. You just don't connect what you don't have. The trans cooler is a liquid to liquid cooler. The trans fluid remains separate from the engine coolant. plugged or unplugged, nothing will leak from those connections you won't be using.
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