well i recently fixed my radiator cause it couldnt keep any coolant down, so i changed it. and now its leaking this brownish clear type of liquid, i have a 96 honda accord with a automatic transmission, and a v-tec engine, i was wondering it that was normal, and the leak is on one of the medal pipes that stick out of the radiator, i thought it was hose, but it wasnt leaking from there, just the metal area and thats it.what could be wrong with it. and i changed the radiator it also through some of that brown clear type of liquid out, and it was a lot, now its just leaking dripping it. i was wondering if anybody can tell me if its normal, or what it might be.
My radiator is leaking?
It shouldn't be leaking at all. The metal lines coming out of the rad should have a fitting that screws them into the main radiator core... It sounds like you just need to tighten one of them a smidge. If a shop did the radiator replacement for you, take it back, show them, and they'll use the proper wrench to tighten it up (free of charge). If you did the rad fix at home, you can fix it with a regular wrench but a line fitting wrench is the safest best.
They look like this... note it wraps around a bit at the tips for a perfect tight fit. You can get them at any hardware store.
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My radiator is leaking?
well if its brown liquid its not antifreeze, it's power steering fluid the if its red its transmission fluid check it. make sure that those likes that go to the radiator are tight if they are and they keep leaking then you can buy teflon tape and put some on. try to use a wrench that are for those lines so you wont damage them because they are fragile.
Does the radiator have transmission fluid capability? Exactly which metal pipe are you talking about that %26quot;sticks out of%26quot; the radiator? Is this a pipe you had to detach and attach to the radiator? If so, it may be a transmission fluid line.
If you changed this out on your own but don't even know how to identify the connections, you may want to do one of two things:
Buy a Haynes manual for your make and model of vehicle at Autozone and check out the section on your cooling system, or ...
Take your vehicle to a radiator shop and let them have a look at it.
