Popped Radiator!!!!!
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Popped Radiator!!!!!
Well in a haste to get finished before the wife got home...I decided to go the quick route and cut the shroud....got all the way done except for having a little trouble fitting the vararam in so decided to cut the shroud all the way to the bottom.....can you see this coming....popped a whole in the radiator with the blade....I'm sooooo pizzed off at myself. Question is....now what do I do?....don't have any experience with this part so...obvioulsy this isn't safe to drive right?...do I get it towed or? Please help me out here guys.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08,'12-'13
It will come out the top !
Undo all of the plastic tree clips on the sides remove the air sensor on the lower drivers side from the top
then unbolt the top plastic radiator shroud and push in the middle and pull up and out
Undo all of the plastic tree clips on the sides remove the air sensor on the lower drivers side from the top
then unbolt the top plastic radiator shroud and push in the middle and pull up and out
Burning Brakes
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Do not drive the car!!!!!!!!! You will not make it too far.Your radiator must be pulled from the car and repaired or replaced.It should be towed to a dealer or shop or repaired where the car sits now. 
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Have I mentioned I'm P.O.'d....I'v put several of these in other cars and never done this....anyway, how the hell do I get to all those tree clips...I can see them...just hard to get to. Any easy way to get these out...I've always had trouble with them
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
If you are in NY and you buy the radiator, I will change it out with you for free. Sorry to hear these things happened. Its not a big job...a few hours.
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Thanks for all the help guys...I'm going to see what the dealer says about. With me freaking out last night I was really thinking a whole lot afterwards but it was the A/C condenser and not the radiator....so I should be ok to take to the dealer and see what they say. Of course I should have known this when it was a gas shooting out and not liquid pouring out.
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Originally Posted by jbh2403
Well in a haste to get finished before the wife got home...I decided to go the quick route and cut the shroud....got all the way done except for having a little trouble fitting the vararam in so decided to cut the shroud all the way to the bottom.....can you see this coming....popped a whole in the radiator with the blade....I'm sooooo pizzed off at myself. Question is....now what do I do?....don't have any experience with this part so...obvioulsy this isn't safe to drive right?...do I get it towed or? Please help me out here guys.
