My radiator in my 92 auto accord wagon is leaking somewhere from the bottom , I cannot see exactly but the plastic piece on the bottom is filled up with coolent and is leaking significantly. I'm thinking it might be cracked but heres my questions

1. Is there a common place they can leak like a hose or something that's a typical problem and easy fix? I can't see it leaking from any main hoses.

2. Can I buy some kind of liquid radiator sealer?

3. I have a spare 1990 manual transmission accord ex , the radiator doesn't leak in that one , is it hard to swap the radiators and do I have to flush them? also will it work in my auto accord? I hear manual version don't have a tranny cooler.

Also , I'm not very engine savy , I can change spark plugs and once changed an alternator in my explorer but thats it so please keep the lingo newbie friendly lol.

 

Ok, I'll bite.
1. Seam. Most of the time the seams leak. Metal to plastic.
2. Sure. But it might slow it down or clog something else up.
3. It is not hard to change the rad. If any build up inside the rad then, yes flush will help......can't really hurt even if there is no build up. If the 90 has the OE rad, then there is not a place for the trans cooler lines, so no it will not work. If it was replaced with an aftermarket one once before then there will be a place for fittings but now you have to find/buy these fittings...

I'd suggest getting a new rad and hoses and be done with it.

 

Don't use any sealer. The manual trans radiator will not work as it does not have a trans cooler.

Radiators are insanely cheap for these cars, I paid $109 for a new OEM one shipped to my door.

 

Or if you can get acess to a coolant pressure kit, pressure the system with the car off and watch where it'll starts to drip for at least 2 mins. You should see the stream of coolant.

 

I cannot buy a new radiator because I really have no money , for 109$ I could probably just get a new car lol.

I'll check to see if the other radiator has the hookups for the trans cooler.

 

hey you can get a radiator from ebay for like $65. the radiator is warranty.