silver80sa22c

my 85 fan shroud is attached tothe radiator and someone leaned on the shroud and a little bit of coolant leaks.. any ideas

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

clean the cracked area up well, scuff it with some 120 grit sand paper (or higher if you prefer) and braze the crack.

trochoid

iTrader: (6)

Where is the leak? Simplest is to remove the rad and take it to a shop if you don't have experience soldering large joints. If simply leaning on the shroud caused a leak, I would have the shop clean and resolder all the joints.

silver80sa22c

on the shroud there is something like a l bracket that goes to the radiator and it is kinda rusty so its leakin from there if someone puts pressure on the shroud.. and the over flow tank is empty but the radiator is full.. so i think its leakin kinda bad.. but i know its because of that crack..

trochoid

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If that's the case, take off the radiator cap. If you see that the tubes are plugging up due to corrosion, or the coolant is rusty/badly discolored, I'd simply replace the radiator. Iirc, Radiators.com has decent prices, others should chime in with vendors they've had success with.

DivinDriver

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I bought local so can't make a recommendation... but I can tell you that replacing my at-the-time 23-year-old radiator made a significant difference in keeping the car cool in stop-and-go traffic in the SoCal summers. Crawl commuting with AC on used to be risky; after, no issues even on really hot (+100) days.

Original owner used tap water, as did I before I knew better. SoCal has very hard water - - old rad was thorougly scaled up inside.