The Chevy Cavalier hit the showroom floors for the inaugural era in 1982. The persist year for the Cavalier was in 2004; in 2005 by the Cobalt replaced it. Replacing the radiator in the 2000 Chevy Cavalier is not a ambitious evolution, and you can save appreciable banknote by doing it yourself. Equal bethink to dispose of the antifreeze responsibly at your resident Car parts store. There are two types of radiators, one for an automatic, which has transmission cooler lines, and one for a guideline transmission, which doesn't. Build positive to specify which radiator you call for.
Instructions
1. Regulate the hood. Remove the plastic radiator advice comprehend by prying the plastic trim fasteners up with a screwdriver and pulling them absent with the needle-nose pliers. Detach the fan from the radiator. There are two plastic clips on the top and one on the backside appropriate as you are facing the radiator. There is one 10 mm bolt on the lower left that you must remove with a socket. Lift the fan shroud up to detach the top clips and berth it out from the radiator, lasting to the engine.
2. Remove the two 10 mm bolts in the top rear of the radiator support that has the radiator support clamps. There is one on Everyone side of the radiator. Remove these with the socket and pull the flotation clamps away from under the block.
3. Remove the unmarried 10 mm bolt securing the air conditioning condenser to the radiator, using a socket.8. Lift the fan up and hook its top clips in the top of the radiator. Lower the clips in place and install the single 10 mm bolt in the bottom left of the fan shroud. Tighten it with a socket.
Remove the two transmission cooler lines by turning the edge nuts counterclockwise with the string wrench.
5. Gratuity the top of the radiator toward the engine Sufficiently to light the radiator buttress and lift the radiator outside of the automobile. Contemplate for the two rubber feet on the backside of the radiator. They may or may not stay in field on the automobile's assist shroud. Provided they are yet in situate on the frame dispensation them there. Provided they came off and are stuck to the backside of the radiator, peel them off the decrepit radiator and city them on the inexperienced radiator before installing it.
6. Install the fashionable radiator with the rubber feet into position and levy the device brackets over the top sides of the radiator. Procedure the top of the radiator back under the device and range the holes in the cornerstone and the flotation brackets and install and tighten the two bolts.
7. Affiliate the gap in the condenser bracket with that on the radiator and install and tighten the single bolt. Install both transmission cooler lines and turn the nuts clockwise to tighten them with the line wrench. Install the lower radiator hose.
City the remove pan under the remove plug. Extensive the bleed and remove the radiator cap to hasten the draining modus operandi.4. Remove the lower and upper radiator hoses using the pliers to squeeze the clamps to loosen them while you pull the hoses off. Install the upper radiator hose.
9. Install the top plastic cover over the radiator and support shroud. Push the plastic trim fasteners into their holes to secure them. Pour the gallon of antifreeze into the radiator and fill it remainder of the way with water. The system holds less than two gallons of coolant, so the mixture will be close enough to a 50/50 mixture of water to antifreeze. Actually it will be closer to 60 percent antifreeze, which is fine.
10. Start the engine and allow it to run until it has reached normal operating temperature. Watch for the coolant level in the radiator to drop, indicating that the thermostat has opened. This will eliminate the air in the system. Fill the radiator the remainder of the way with water and replace the radiator cap. Check for leaks.
