My car is leaking coolant , i cant find out where. Today when i get home shut the car off a lot of smoke is coming out from under the hood , i open it and its all coming from the passenger side , could not see exactly where , there was a lot of it. Should i replace the radiator ? or could something else be the problem

 

if its coming out of the passsenger side I would check the thermostat housing!

 

Yeah im going to buy a thermostat and radiator. It seems to be a good idea , the car has 122000 miles on it , the owner before me cracked the radiator but just got it fixed not replaced.

 

depending on the location of the smoke you may have burst a coolant line. lower radiator hose, heater hose, etc.

Was the smoke coming out near the intake manifold?

 

could not see where just a lot of it mainly on the passenger side , i bought a new radiator all the hoses are fine. The only problem is the fans dont fit it right