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?

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

Yeah right when I hit it there was a ton of gas? that escaped for about 5 minutes. I'm now thinking I just hit the AC condenser and not the radiator. There was a small amount of green liquid that came out and a TON of gas from a the hissing line...

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?

I think so...I'm a bit relieved thought I would be out of my upcoming track day but I think I'll be fine just no A/C right? Any reason not to drive it?

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.

Yeah planning on it. Do you happen to know if I can remove the condenser without removing the radiator?

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

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.

It's the white


Also, OP, you hit the condenser, not the radiator

Yeah same thing

If you are tracking much you will be looking to upgrade the radiator anyway.

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.

Yes, you are crazy. It will also plug up everything else in the coolant system. No one should do this unless stranded and it's a life or death situation.

Yeah I'm going to remove the unit and take to a repair shop to see if they can fix it. The radiator works great so I refuse to replace it.

Easy fix!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r66y5hrnFY0

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I3VyheKezIc

That aluminium solder may work great for a radiator that has a working pressure of 15 psi +-, but that condenser has a working pressure of a couple of 100 psi. Even TIG might be difficult because the metal is so thin. Good luck

It's around 47,000 tensile strength. Stronger than even the patent metal. It'll be 100% good to go. Trust me.

Haha those videos make it look too easy. I am going to take another look and see exactly what I broke and if I'm not comfortable will try a repair shop around town, they quoted me only $40-50.