Replaced Radiator and Thermostat
 

...All I can say is "oh what a difference". For a measly 120 plus 15 for 180 thermostat I got a brand new cooling system. Now she runs cool as cucumber (generally center of gauge or lower). The only thing I do notice is that it wil creep up past the half mark if I do not have the A/C on - but I'm happy. I'll say one thing though, these cars a pain in the *** to burp - it took me quite awhile to lose all the air pockets.

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Hey there can i ask why did you deside to replace them in the first place.

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Temp needle kept hanging around the 3/4 mark. Even though the car has 33k miles, its still 18 years old, so I figured it was time to buy new stuff.

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I'm getting ready to take mine in for the same thing. Which rad did you put in, the AC Delco replacement?

Also, where in CA are you?

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"Take yours in"? - with a few basic tools you can do this yourself.

I just ordered a replacement radiator through rockautoparts.....great parts vendor in my opinion.

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How much garbage and grit and debries did you find in the rad shroud area? :mrgreen:

I agree the stock replacement is fine. The key is keeping the rad area as free of debries as possible. The c4 cooling system is a bottom feeder and everything get sucked up in there.

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It was filthy - and I hardly drive the damn car. I just layed the old radiator down, and you should have seen the dirt it left on the driveway when I moved it.

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I did this job last summer along with a water pump replacement, I would have been surprised if you had seen anything different. Hope you thought to do the hoses while you where there. GC

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Just a fwiw, take a look at this link. It keeps my system clean.

http://www.zr1netregistry.com/ZR1_radiatorscreen.htm


:cheers:
Tom

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Unfortunately, I am as mechanically capable as a baboon with no hands. So I have to take it in to get everything done. :dontknow:

I'm still trying to decide whether to put in the high capacity rad or not. I posted here asking if it was worth it and got a mixed response. Its only a $300 difference so I will probably just do it.

I am just waiting for my daily to come back from the body shop (dump truck lost it's load on the frwy and pelted me with rocks) so I can take the Z in.