So i was driving home from work at 2 in the morning, and when i got around the corner from my house i notice the temp guage higher than normal, when i got home i popped the hood and there was coolant all near the bottom of the radiator, radiator hoses on the engine and even near the headlights.

I think my lower radiator hose came lose, will that make it spray everywhere?
In the morning i will check the hose connections and fill up the radiator to see if thats where it leaking from (the actual rad has no coolant on the fins and is not damaged).

Any tips?

 

If you have a busted lower hose, bye bye coolant. All of it will drain out

Only tip is find the leak and fix it.

 

Took the rad out, filled it with water and it just started spraying near the middle of the rad, a rock hit the fan and put a hole in the rad. Gonna order a Skunk 2 Alpha, Yonoka or Mishimoto radiator.

My current fan has a small chip on the edge of 2 of the blades, should i order a new fan and shroud as well?

 

Just ordered the skunk 2 alpha, will take a couple weeks to come in. Im just gonna use the stock fan.
Im so glad that i was almost home when this happened, my engine sounded fine and i dont think it overheated too much, lets hope it okay.

When I install it, I know I have to purge or bleed the system, do i just fill up the rad and start the car with the cap off and the heater on, then top it up untill it bubbles over?

 

What engine is it? On b series engines, the coolant outlet on the head has a little bleed nipple you pop open as you fill to help air escape. After you fill it till coolant pours out, you close that, start it with the cap open, and top it off while running. Water temps will come up and the tstat opens and you should see more coolant flowing into the radiator. When that happens I keep topping it off till it stays nice and full to make sure all the air is out.

 

It is a B16a, i will look for the bleed nipple when i fill it, thanks.

 

Do i just unbolt that whole fill nipple thing, mine looks open right now

 

It works like a brake bleeder valve. You just loosen it a bit and it opens it up, no need to remove it completely.

 

Well i got the new rad in and filled up, went to get gas, come home and theres oil leaking from the cam area, but the rad is perfect, the dealership said its all the cam seals and gaskets in the area, a plastic cover was grinding the seals and tore them up. On to the next repair... I dont have the skills to do it and will just end up breaking more. So im having someone replace all the gaskets, its gonna be costly.

 

Just an update, got my first set of oil leaks fixed, it was the cam seals and valve cover gasket but now 2 weeks later i noticed more oil coming from the opposite side of the engine. Brought it to my local mechanic to check it out and he said it looks like the headgasket but he doesnt want to deal with it lol. I also noticed my shifter acting weird, hard to shift into 1st and it wont shift into Reverse sometime, mechanic said it could be the rod linkage. I took it to a dealer, will find out all about it tomorrow when i hear back from them

 

Heard back from the dealer, it is not the head gasket, it is the distributor seal, and oil pan. And the shifting problem is a tranny leak. It is all just coming from the seals, there isnt anything broken.

What could cause all this to happen in 4 weeks, i bought the car less than a month ago. The previous owner did the engine swap himself and i think he just never sealed it up properly.