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September 22nd, 2009 02:23 AM #11
Thanks sir! My car is running good now, I replaced my stock radiator which is a disposable one with a fabricated tanso from that shop in Evangelista (Mhon's Radiator Shop) they gave me a good deal. Talk to Adam when you need to get a service from that place. He'll give you a no BS answer. I went there I think it was about 7am in the morning and there were 2 Mitsubishi Pajero in line for repair as well. According to my friend that shop is the first ever radiator shop in Evangelista.. I really don't know if it's true but they were fast with their service.. It only took them not more than 30mins to replace my radiator.
I don't think I made a damage on my car's engine, hopefully... But I'll be having my oil changed maybe next week and have my engine checked at the same time... as they say if your car overheated then it means you need to change the oil too once you fixed the problem.
For all thanks for the advise and while searching for an old thread I came up with this procedures when you overheat... I'll just re-post it for the sake of some who might stumble with the same problem like mine.
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1. Pull over somewhere safe and turn off engine. Engine produces more heat during idle... thats why radiator fan kicks in.
2. Do not pour water... warping happens when theres sudden change in temperature. Let it cool by it selsf.
3. Turn-off the engine and then put the key to "start", pero wag "ignition". This will turn "on" the cooling fan but not the engine itself.
4. Wait for the fan to cool the engine a bit. Picture taking ka muna kung may camera phone ehehe.
5. After some time open the radiator cap (see that there's no longer any steam). Do that, but be careful. You dont want your skin looking like plastic.
6. Once you've done 5 successfully, start the engine and pour water inside the radiator. Or vice versa. you can fill the radiator first (if its empty or very low).
The container is just a reservoir. Its no where near the capacity thats in your engine.
--This is the proper procedure I know how to do.
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September 23rd, 2009 04:57 AM #12
I called in Honda Manila to ask how much a radiator cost and it's a staggering 25k!!! and their after market radiator cost 10k... wow!
now my question is.. is it okay to use the tanso radiator for my civic?
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September 23rd, 2009 10:35 AM #13
^we're in the same dilemma but i'm going for the locally produced evercool radiators. matibay at maganda track record niyan although mas mura iyong mga taiwanese brand. iyon nga lang wala ata silang single row models kaya mapapa-upgrade ka agad sa two row rads
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September 23rd, 2009 10:54 AM #14
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September 24th, 2009 02:41 AM #15
How much did you pay for the evercool brand? I just bought a fabricated one made by the shop and its doing good... I paid 4,5k for it... do you guys think it's all worth it?
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September 24th, 2009 09:55 AM #16
^just bought an evercool rad yesterday for our ek vtec '96 for P5.4k.
since i'm going to be replacing my radiator hopefully by today, anyone here knows approximately how much coolant/distilled water is needed to fill the whole cooling system of a civic vti?
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September 24th, 2009 03:55 PM #17
i've been looking at the radiator (the one currently installed & the new one) and i've begun toying w/ the idea of replacing the rad myself. and it looks manageable enough. any special precaution if ever i diy it?
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September 25th, 2009 04:33 AM #18
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September 25th, 2009 01:17 PM #19
^thanks for the advice.
it took me about 2 hours to replace the rad. nakakapagod pala kasi ang hirap hatakin nung mga hose sa lumang radiator. humingi pa ko ng tulong sa pintor namin dito medyo mas makapal ng konti iyong evercool talaga. pero not that much naman space eater
all in all, it looks great & everything seems to be fine. will do some more observation in the following days
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September 25th, 2009 03:06 PM #204.5k for a fabricated tanso top radiator???u got owned by the shop bro,epic owned u should've purchased an oem plastic top surplus rad..oem is oem..plastic top radiator is still good for me,there is a reason why it is plastic so when you overheat the plastic top cracks first and therefor not damaging the parts of ur engine,
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