I just noticed a couple days ago that I have a coolant leak which is now pretty steady and I'm beginning to overheat. So, it goes up on jacks tonight. It's a '95 Z with 101k.

I crawled under, and it's dripping from the driver's side very close the very front of the car from a (fairly rusted) metal strip on the underside of the radiator. (The metal strip appears to be helping to support the radiator.) It's basically coming from the bottom driver's side corner of the radiator.

So, I'm assuming it's not the typical water pump everybody ends up replacing, but just a hose or the actual radiator. Am I correct? Is there anything else above that location that I'm not aware of that could be leaking? If it's the radiator, is it much cheaper to have it dunked and repaired, or just replaced? I hate cutting corners on repairs, so I'm leaning towards replacement...

thoughts?

 

The tanks on these are plastic so they can't be repaired. Depending on option there can be several lines that attach to this side of the tank. You're probably going to have to pull the tank to check for cracks.

 

Thanks... I actually had a friend look and he found it over lunch. It's cracked on the other side (passenger's) of the radiator, and trickling down on dripping from the driver's side. He said it's cracked around the cap and I can see it without pulling it...

So - anybody changed one of these? Are they hard? I'm just a weekend mechanic with limited experience, diff fluids, plugs/wires, etc... It's just a few hoses and bit flat slab, so I'm guessing it's easy.

I'm going to search the archives for tips, if you have any you want to add - feel free, I'll appreciate it!

 

I replaced mine, just take the battery completely out of the way and everything else is straight-forward...Label hoses if you have to and keep your work area clean..