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radiator mystery

21 Apr 2005

Well, the drama continues with my radiator.

Radiator #2 from Advance doesn’t work either. Well, that is, it’s not quite right.

On my old radiator, the right side has two things: the outlet port, and an electrical connector of some kind that I assume has a temperature sensor on the inside.

This new one, however, doesn’t have the electrical connector, and instead has a small inlet and outlet port – I assume to connect to an external temp sensor on a different model, or something.

Well, I took it back, and they had nothing else. I tried Autozone, and they had the same radiators for ‘88/’89 as well as ‘87, both of which I had tried.

I will have to call the dealer to get an authoritative answer, but I have a sneaking suspicion you are supposed to just cap those extraneous inlet/outlet ports and live without the temp sensor for the fans, or something.

I don’t know, it’s a mystery.

Comments

Blake — April 23, 2005 at 01:33 · reply

Hmm…does the old temperature sensor not come out of the old radiator and go into the new port on the new radiator??

cwage — April 23, 2005 at 02:49 · reply

Nope.. In fact, an interesting aside to the most recent update I’ve made is that after all that hullabaloo, I don’t think the sensor in question was ever hooked up. When I put the new radiator with the same sensor (removed from the old radiator and screwed into the new), there was nothing to hook it up to.

I think it is actually a sensor for the non-existent automatic transmission fluid. I think (hope).

cwage — April 23, 2005 at 02:53 · reply

Although it’s taught me to pay more attention when I disconnect things in a hurry to remove a part. How many times do I have to learn that lesson?

Blake — April 23, 2005 at 15:12 · reply

I know what you mean there. :)

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