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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:01 AM
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Exclamation Radiator questions??? Is This Normal? Quick responses please!!!

Are these dings and dents normal or is my radiator screwed?





Can I fix those?
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Before I changed my radiator out, (It was leaking ontop), it had a bunch of dings on it. Nothing to be too worried about as long as you don't have leaks.

Then again I may be wrong and that's completely detrimental to your cars longevity, but I think you should be ok.
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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lmao. thanx
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Yea, if you are really that **** about bent fins, just take a small flathead and straighten them out. Thats what I did to my condenser.
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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No problem with the radiator at all. As long as it's not leaking, I wouldn't worry about it. Now, if your whole radiator looked like that, you would need to change it out with another one.

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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by lemmiewink
Yea, if you are really that **** about bent fins, just take a small flathead and straighten them out. Thats what I did to my condenser.
+1, nothing to worry about. it's just for cooling purpose. now if your entire radiator were like that, very little air flow would make it through and then you could worry.
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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thanks for all the help everyone. i Just finished switching my radiator/ thermostat.

decided to finish it off right this time...



Toyota Red Coolant lol.
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