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radiator removal 850 1995

posted by  HO on  Fri Aug 16 09:36 CST 2002
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Hi,

I replaced mine back in July 4th this year. It was quite easy but there were something that you need to be careful.

1) If it is a turbo car, you need to remove both tranny cooler and oil cooler hoses to the radiator. Use new clamps and o-rings. My car is non-turbo, so I only had to use 2 new tranny hose clamps(clips) and 4 o-rings (2 black o-rings and 2 white/transparent o-rings). Each tranny hose needs 2 o-rings in 95 model.
2) Radiator is bolts onto the condensor by 4 screws for non-turbo. For turbo model, there is a intercooler in between the condensor and radiator. The "whole thing" - radiator + condensor + [intercooler], is supported by 2 "big & long" bolts which are screwed "up" from the bottom of the radiator.
3) The 4 screws which bolts the radiator and condensor together are at the 4 corner of the radiator. However, the top 2 screws are very difficult to remove because they are hidden behind the headlight assembly. I was told by Rich K. to use a 1/4" swirl socket (10mm) and a 1/4" extension to access the top 2 screws. It told me a while to get them out and put the new ones on.
4) Before you remove the radiator, make sure that you tie the condensor with string or tie-wrap. I used string to hold the condensor in place. Once the 4 screws (bolt radiator and condensor together) and the 2 "big & long" support bolts are out, the whole thing will drop down. That might break the condensor hoses. I placed a floor jack under the whole entity before all the screws and bolts are out. Radiator was took out from the top not bottom because I didn't jack up the car.

I replaced all the screws/bolts around the radiator, and cooling fan too. They all rusted so bad after 7 years. I also replaced the top and bottom radiator hoses. The cooling fan shroud is made of plastic, and be careful not to break the 2 bottom "legs". I broke one off when I installed everything back. That costed me another $60 to get a new fan shroud. However, the overall cost round about $400 which is much less than dealer (around $600).

Hope this help.

Ching-Ho Cheng
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1995 855 NA, Bilstein Shocks, K&N Filter






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