Radiator replacement manual transmission
 

I have a 95 civic DX 2dr with M/T.

I have a leaking radiator and am looking at a replacement. Most of the radiators I have seen have two small outlets for the automatic transmission cooling. I have a manual transmission and my radiator does not have these outlets. If I buy a radiator with the A/T outlets can I block them off safely (or connect them together) or is it better to get the correct radiator to begin with.

I only just noticed that the radiator run out of coolant, I had to drive about 2 miles (very carefully) with very little coolant in the radiator but now I cannot tell if the head gasket is gone or not without replacing the radiator. Anyone have any advice?

Skeg8


Modified by skeg8 at 4:08 PM 3/5/2007

Re: Radiator replacement manual transmission (skeg8)
 

You don't have to do anything, you could leave those little hose outlets alone and nothing will happen. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emthup.gif

Re: Radiator replacement manual transmission (skeg8)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skeg8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a 95 civic DX 2dr with M/T.

I have a leaking radiator and am looking at a replacement. Most of the radiators I have seen have two small outlets for the automatic transmission cooling. I have a manual transmission and my radiator does not have these outlets. If I buy a radiator with the A/T outlets can I block them off safely (or connect them together) or is it better to get the correct radiator to begin with.
Skeg8</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can use the A/T radiator and simply cap the A/T-fluid cooler lines. It's simply a metal tube that runs through the inside the bottom tank of the radiator to keep the the A/T cool.

Re: Radiator replacement manual transmission (94eg!)
 

Yeah, I picked up the radiator and had no problems using it... I got everything installed and running and there seems to be no issues at all.

Thanks for the help!

Skeg8