stupid radiator.
04-11-2006, 08:30 PM
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stupid radiator.
so yah... my rad fan melted the other day, i go buy a new one for $175... as im replacing it, i brake the clip on the radiator causing a big *** hole ... so im pissed off, i go back and forth fromt he store trying to fill/plug the hole.. ended up breaking and driving 100 miles east to pick up a radiator for $200, get all that installed and going, then the fan itself isnt spinning fast enough... me having a ****ty day of like 8 hours of bull**** I go out bowling with friends, waiting in the parking lot for them to get out I drift around WEM for 5 minutes infront of a crowd of 20/30 people without thinking about it i forgot to turn my heat on (which was cooling my engine down) and after drifting as i leave my rad blows.. I goto the a coffee shop, start cleaning up, filling it with water to keep it somewhat cool while my friends goto the gas station (1 in the morning) to get me some coolant.
I go to drain some of the **** and get the air out of the hoses when I took the hose off I get sprayed in the face (car wasnt jacked up or anything) so im sitting in diluted coolant, my arm burnt and my eyes stinging.. and some guys come outside and are like "ill waste that car with my subaru." then i show him my nitrous and hes like nice car and leaves... so that was my high point lol anyway
the heat wasnt working so i get a bit of coolant in, drive to the service station, **** blows again.. my rad cap breaks apart , sso im standing there putting the crap back together while my car is boiling - i get more coolant, pump the air out of the hoses, give the thermostat a nice love tap turn my car on and everything worked!
and today when i took the fan out, the motor stripped the actual plastic part in the fan it sits in, and the fastener fell out... while i was putting it back together, so i found it on the ground after looking for 10 minutes.
a few hundred dollars later, a weird night, 10 hours later my radiator is working again, and my AC can be on full blast and my temp is only at a quarter, yay!
I go to drain some of the **** and get the air out of the hoses when I took the hose off I get sprayed in the face (car wasnt jacked up or anything) so im sitting in diluted coolant, my arm burnt and my eyes stinging.. and some guys come outside and are like "ill waste that car with my subaru." then i show him my nitrous and hes like nice car and leaves... so that was my high point lol anyway
the heat wasnt working so i get a bit of coolant in, drive to the service station, **** blows again.. my rad cap breaks apart , sso im standing there putting the crap back together while my car is boiling - i get more coolant, pump the air out of the hoses, give the thermostat a nice love tap turn my car on and everything worked!
and today when i took the fan out, the motor stripped the actual plastic part in the fan it sits in, and the fastener fell out... while i was putting it back together, so i found it on the ground after looking for 10 minutes.
a few hundred dollars later, a weird night, 10 hours later my radiator is working again, and my AC can be on full blast and my temp is only at a quarter, yay!
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