Yesterday I had a flat tire, so I swapped the spare on it and today went to have it fixed. After that I went home for a few hours. Then I ran some errands and noticed the heater was putting out cold air still. One thing led to another and I found my radiator will not hold any coolant. I pour it in, and it goes straight out the bottom-right (driver) corner of the radiator. I couldn't see/feel any leaks around the hoses above that area. So is the whole radiator toast?

The tire replace part shouldn't matter, I would think. There isn't some way they could have botched something to cause the leak? I've never had a problem with overheating or leaking until today.

 

Was this a tire shop with a lift? Because the only thing i can think of is that they tried to jack the car up with a floor jack via the engine cradle, and it slipped off and crushed the plastic core of the radiator on the bottom. You will really need to get under there and take a look at where exactly its pouring out from if its that bad, snap a picture if you can.

 

They do go bad I had mine split were the plastic meets metal on the drivers side no wreck no accident no good reason really
Found a new one for like 89 shipped online and its not hard at all if you take the bumper cover off and remove the cold side charge pipe on an lnf

 

Just surprised by the rate at which he claiming it is leaking. lol Radiators dont usually explode where the coolant just runs right out of the bottom without some sort of incident.

 

they can from vibration. both the plastic mounting points broke off on mine, luckily didn't leak. another guys on here did leak. plastic crap again from gm. replace with all aluminum from zzp or modern performance.

 

It doesn't appear that messed up to me. I've circled the area it leaks from.
Pic1

Then the view of the rest of it. Pic2

 

Well, the thing you circled is your AC condenser, not your radiator, lol but heres the biggest question, why are both bent so severely like that? Did you hit something?

 

my ac and rad bent back like that when I smashed a monster raccoon.

Where are you located OP?

I will be taking off my year old ac condensor and radiator very soon. Rock Auto replacements from said accident. ZZP radiator going in and deleting A/C.

I wouldn't want much for them, if you came and got them I would probably just give them to you. Obviously depends on your location

 

Looks like someone tried to jack the car up by the radiator.

 

Look directly below that to the actual radiator and you will see where the plastic meets the aluminum it is broken/split

 

Wtf happened to the front of your car?

Op in case you dont know your radiator and condenser are not supposed to be curved like that.

Surely that plastic is seperated from the metal somewhere.

Does your ac even work?