My accord has a coolant leak. It will leak some coolant once in a while
after being driven. Do these radiators develop cracks in them. The car has 167,000
miles on it. thanks for the info

Matt

 

Yes honda unfortunatly doesn't make really great radiators...I would run a leak test and make sure its your radiator before you replace it. I would check hoses top and bottom along with your clamps. If indeed your radiator is leaking replace with a fluidyne or something of the effect for about the same price w/better construction.

 

anything other than plastic if it is cracked and leaking

 

ai..jb weld time if you dont plan to change the whole rad.

 

I have a '90 Accord EX with 260K miles. I had to replace the readiator twice. Both only lasted 100-110K miles.

Like the other poster said, have a shop do a pressure test. They should isolate the problem.

 

93 Accord here 305,000 miles original Nippondenso (or could be just denso I forget what is written on it and it's raining and snowing out so I'm not going to go check ) Radiator, only leak that happened was that the drain **** gasket went bad, got a new one at honda for like 4 bucks and still workin fine. Just something you might want to check, it leaked a TINY bit for a very long time and I didn't realize it becuase it apparently only leaked under pressure (engine hot) so when it was cool the drip would be gone.