So my radiator went to $#^! This morning

[Fusionreactives]

Yeah basically just started hissing and spraying honda blue 50/50 everywhere. I could've sworn I was looking at the exhaust of the person who's parking spot I was waiting to take.

Anyway, it has a thin slice LIke tear in the top base of the radiator. Where the cap and the return hose. There has been crustyness there for sometime now but I guess it finally decided to go on me the day I was going to do my balljoint.

I already located a denso for around $76.00 for the neighborhood parts store. I know it's $50 something on rockauto but I cant stand around waiting for it.

Long story short:

If I wanted to be frugal (since I just spent a $#/!load of money on suspension), can I use the radiator from my cb7? It's been sitting for almost a year now and idk what I'm doing with it. can borrow that radiator and use it until the one from rockauto comes in?

I have a 98 2.3L lx with a leaking radiator
and I want to use the radiator from my
90 ex 2.2L.

Is this gonna work or what?

Major modification?

 

[twofast4u]

according to pictures, the hoses should fit....however the mounting brackets might be tricky...And the drain plug looks different as well.

 

[james'99]

If you really want, it will work. Zip tie it up, make it work and just order the new one now. Personally, I would just buy the replacement now.

 

[Fusionreactives]

Thanks guys. I was all over the place this morning/afternoon. I ended up buying the replacement from the local parts store. Cost me around $110 with 2 gal of coolant. It is a denso but feels/looks slightly different from the original.

 

[james'99]

Thanks guys. I was all over the place this morning/afternoon. I ended up buying the replacement from the local parts store. Cost me around $110 with 2 gal of coolant. It is a denso but feels/looks slightly different from the original.

I think there were two brands Honda used. Valeo and Denso IIRC. Maybe it was the difference in the manual trans one and the auto trans one? Not sure.