My car has had the problem of overheating while idle as fast as every traffic light. I decided to check if anything was leaking one day and found that the lower radiator pipes were leaking from a few places. How hard and how expensive would it be to change or fix the pipes?

 

the hose isn't that bad... just gotta drain the radiator (smelly, but not difficult), unclamp the hose and toss it, put the new one on, fill the radiator back up, bleed off the air from the radiator and you're done.

 

Do you know where I can get replacement hoses for cheap?

 

autozone, very cheap. unplug old hose , put new one on, put in new coolant, 50 50 water mix, turn on car, with full blast heater on, wait for car to heat, fill up more coolant! ta da!

 

yeah autozone or anywhere else like that... do a search for a how too before you do it though so you know what you're getting into (not that it's hard, but you want to make sure you have all the right tools etc.). And don't forget to bleed the air out of the system or else there'll be another crazy idle thread

 

if you have any car knowledge whatesoever.. it's easy.

 

How do you bleed the air out of the system? And what type of tools do you need to replace the hoses?

 

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just use adjustable end pliars that are big enough to clamp around the hose. unclamp the clamp and take it off both ends. and then grip the end of the hose firmly but not too hard and twist back and forth until the hose turns freely. then just slide the hose off. and to put on a new one just do that in reverse again.

as for bleeding the coolant out you just basically fill up your radiator with 50/50 water and coolant. and leave your radiator cap off and just let it idle and pour more water in until it reaches the top. put the cap back on and you're done. make sure you bleed it or you'll have idling problems.