Over extent, your vehicle's radiator can corrode and wear away, causing leaks and overheating. Provided you carry a Hyundai Santa Fe, replacing the radiator is a quite demanding project seeing you gain to remove so many engine components before you moderate the radiator. On the other hand, whether you chalk up mechanical notice how, you may requirement to tackle the undertaking. Here's interchange the radiator in the typical 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe.
Instructions
1. Remove the air duct and disconnect the contrary battery cable. Take off the air cleaner assembly, and drain the cooling system into a resealable container. Take off the radiator's inlet hose and remove the transmission's cooler lines.
2. Take off the fan shroud clips on the condenser tubes, and remove the bolts that connect the fan shroud to the condenser bracket. Remove the air deflectors.
3. Disconnect the coolant hose from the radiator overflow and take off the radiator support brackets on the fan shroud. Disconnect the electrical connectors on the engine cooling fan motor, and remove the fan motor harness from the fan shroud clips.6. Reinstall and reconnect the engine components in the reverse order that they were removed.7. Fill the new radiator with a mixture of half water and half engine coolant.
5. Tile the radiator towards the rear and remove the condenser brackets. Lift the condenser brackets and the mounting tabs and position them out of the way. Lift the radiator carefully out of the engine compartment and install the new radiator.
Remove the fan shroud.4. Take off the radiator's outlet hose and disconnect the transaxle oil cooler pipes.
Start the engine and let it run for a couple of minutes, then turn it off and add more fluids, if necessary. Reattach the negative battery cable.
