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Poked a hole in my radiator....
Was installing the stillen oil cooler. Long story short, my drill slipped and hit the radiator. Is there anything I can do short or replacing the thing? Can I drive it to a shop even?
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So I assume you hit the radiator good enough to create a leak otherwise no reason to create a thread, correct? In this case if the hole is small I would attempt to cover the hole with a high temp rtv and wait a day for it to cure, and then start the car and see if it leaks. If not then drive it to a shop and replace the radiator. If it does leak immediately, tow it
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Is there any reason I can't drive it? Seems like I just would be without AC until I fix the condenser. |
Yeah that sounds like refrigerant. Not so good to breath in. So you hit the condensor not the radiator?
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Cover all your bases. idle the car and make sure you're absolutely certain that nothing else is leaking except refrigerant. Cars roll around all the time with leaking ac.
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I don't know how exactly it's set up on the Z. But usually the condensor is bolted or has some kind of slide mount to the radiator. So, provided there's enough space to work with and assuming the Z Doesn't do anything stupid, yes the condensor will come off without removing the radiator
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Radiator and condensor if you end up needing both
http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...10k-miles.html |
If its your radiator and you just need to get to a shop crack an egg down tour radiator cap. The yolk will temporarily seal the hole. Seen it done on myth busters for you all who think I'm crazy.
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Also, OP, you hit the condenser, not the radiator |
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If you are tracking much you will be looking to upgrade the radiator anyway.
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I don't know if they've changed the design recently, but the 370Z/G37 has an interesting design where the radiator and condenser is a 1 piece module. The front row is for AC, and the back row is the radiator... If the design is the same, it doesn't matter which one you hit.. the whole unit would have to be replaced.
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