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Follow-up Radiator Issues: 94 940 '75K Mi 900

posted by  spook on  Sun Mar 27 08:25 CST 2005
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Dear Fellow Brickboarders,

Good p.m. and may this find you well. Radiator switch complete. Nissens model went in smoothly. The unit needed a bit of levering, to get it to seat into the rubber grommets at the bottom. On a 94 940, these grommets do not grip the radiator bottom, so have to be left in place, and the radiator pushed down into them.

The amount of ATF in the coolant was very small, a fraction of an ounce. Nonetheless, I drained the tranny pan, and re-filled. I'll have the tranny power flushed, with Mobil 1 Synthetic, this week, during which time, I'll not drive the car, except to the transmission shop.

I have a few comments on the procedure, to add to the FAQs, which I'll submit separately.

Thanks for your help with regard to a separate oil cooler. I may install one, if the "failed" Volvo OEM radiator stands up to a pressure test. If only the ATF cooler has failed, then the unit can be used for engine cooling only.

Hoping the Peace of this weekend descends to, and abides with, You and Yours, I remain,

Yours faithfully,

spook








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    We should start a radiator club 900

    posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Tue Mar 29 04:01 CST 2005
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    Kind of a fun switch-out, eh spook?
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      We should start a radiator club 900

      posted by  spook on  Tue Mar 29 09:42 CST 2005
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      Dear Repairman Jack,

      Good p.m. and hope this finds you well. There are many jobs, that are far worse (e.g., heater blower motor on a 240). The only thing, that gave me pause, was the rubber grommets, that stay with the chassis, as they will not grip the radiator's feet.

      I used a "C" clamp, and two blocks of wood, to seat the plug into the hole, where - on some models - there's a coolant temperature sensor. The blocks of wood spread the pressure and the "C" clamp allowed me to apply pressure in a controlled way.

      Yours faithfully,

      spook







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