I was driving home from school today and faintly smelled radiator fluid, but didn't think much of it. Well I got home fine, the car drove fine, the temperature was fine, but when I entered the garage, the fluid odor was really strong. So I popped the hood and see that my reserve tank is totally empty. And the top of my radiator is slightly seeping fluid. Here are some pics. I'm not sure if you guys can see the fluid, but it's leaking from the top edge metal portion where you see all the tiny squares.. And the side edges. Is my radiator cracked? or is it some kind of gasket that needs replacement? I'm not the brightest guy when it comes to car mechanics and just wanted to get some feed back from all you car elites..Thanks.
btw- i have a 2001 gsr with 78k miles.
And I temporarily filled it up with Prestone 50/50.

 

i dont think there is any such gasket to replace for the radiator, you might have to replace the radiator. someone back me up ?? or you can go get osme quik putty or wtever they sell to seal up the crack

 

Personally id buy another one....however you could have a radiator shop try to repair it....in the long run you better off with a new one IMO

 

welcome to owning a integra samething happened to my 95 ls, and i know a few others with the same problem, you can get some radiator sealer or just get a new one...

 

sucks.. its time for a new raditator.. the top plastic piece came unglued.. stupid oem ones

same thing happen to mine its just a matter of time before its wayyyyy worst so fix it now

 

Thanks for all the help guys! My uncle in law has a shop in la. He told me to come drop it off tomorrow morning and he'll have a new radiator on it by noon..

 

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try it yourself, learn about your car.. its acually reallllly easy fix

 

yea, that happened to me two months ago. I tried radiator sealant, that didn't help either. Just buy a new one. try http://www.radiator.com Cheap Fix.

 

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Good point. I probably would have if it was a couple years ago when I still had time to work on my car. As of rightnow, I just finished putting my car back to stock and I'm not into the whole scene anymore. Commuting to downtown LA 3-4 times a week made me quickly realize the impracticality of a modded integra. I'm getting ready to sell my car probably this coming fall.. Plus, I'm a full time college student and work part time. I barely manage to squeeze in all my work load through out the week.

 

thats cool totally understand.. btw if your uncle cant do it but you can get the raditator i'll gladly do it for you

thats if your in the organge county area

 

Hopefully he'll be able to replace it by tomorrow. Thank you so much for the offer man.. That is really nice of you. If things don't work out, I'll get back to you. Btw- I am in the orange county area. Fullerton/Buena Park.

 

right on.. yea i got alot of help when i ask how to replace ment racermech even offer to come help me do it so if i could help i would. nahmean!

btw are you nightscape on iphotoforum.com?

 

Nope, I didn't even know iphotoforum.com existed..lol

 

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no logos loll unless you buy full alluminum racing one but they have SUPER GOOD costumer service and super good prices ask for rob

 

80K is usually when this happens to integras. So your's in "normal".

 

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Very true. Happend to me at 80K. Go to radiatorbarn.com

 

yup, mine happened around 80k also....very affordable online.

 

Mine went out at 153k for a 98. Once again, i did it myself courtesy of team-integra articles. It's a really easy fix and i would recommend radiatorbarn for a new radiator. I would also bleed and drain your coolant and check your hoses and change your thermostat while your at it.

 

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mine went out at 90 k,
and i got a new one from radiator barn....
try using some radiator stop leak from an autoparts store

 

btw mine went out at 85 k.. damn integras

 

mines at 112K and just found out i had the same problem 3 days ago. shitty
anything else I could try before buying a new one?

 

i heard you could JBweld for a temp fix but **** just get a new raditator at the raditator barn its clean, all metal - 2 core and it fits perfect and works very very veryyyyy good

 

no need to replace radiator...
all you need to do is get a pair of pliers and squeeze lightly on the
little shiny squares..
and that will fix your problems...