Help, Radiator Losing Lots Water

[Davison]

Evening,

My Lex seems (well was) losing radiator coolant from the top up.

Upon further investigation and a small top up a while ago i have discovered the flow pipe from the bottom of the top up chamber was leaking and has now snapped off.

Any ideas where to get a spare, is it a new rad job or can i swap out/repair this one?

Sorry for picture size just so you can see they lug that is off.

Cheers

James

[lex2oos]

mine overflow tank leaks also, but slowly

you need to replace whole fan shroud

http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_E_2000_LEXUS_IS200~300_GXE10L-AEFVKW_1603.html

I would try to glue it back with some epoxy stuff

[kenfoxy]

I would try one of those radiator repair places for a fix. It is possibly a common problem.

[ormi]

I would try one of those radiator repair places for a fix. It is possibly a common problem.

no point in that,,,,,its the fan housing that the bottles a part of......its seperate from the rad.

you could try a good plastic welder or a good glue and sealer if that doesnt work try a scrappys..

[Davison]

Thanks for the quick responses guys,

is this shroud easy/quick to remove so I can fix the pipe on elsewhere?

Thanks

James

[ormi]

yes easy to remove mate provided the bolts come out easy soak them with wd40 for a few days.get a plastic welder to weld the bit the pipe goes on to back on to the bottle and leave the pipe were it is as you cant put it anywhere else..

[Davison]

Hey guys,

All sorted, had a few problems removing the shroud from the radiator, mainly the bottom bolts.

I dropped the under tray to get the bottom 3 bolts out. One was rounded from a previous trip rough arse so I made a 3/8 socket on and got it out.

The pipe had clearly been bodged before with plastic glue, so I drilled and tapped the hole 1/8 bsp and fitted a tappered nipple to suit.

From here I plugged off the nipple and tested with water. No leaks so slotted it back into the car.

Simple 1 or 2 hour job, hardest part was unplugging the Fan connection and longest was dropping the undertray

[lex2oos]

good job!