Thats the radiator from my 1986 Toyota 22RTE..... Which way would you guys go ? Is there any company that still makes brass rads ?

 

Can you pinpoint where its coming from? May have to pull it out to do so.

Some times they can be repaired.

 

Yeah I called a place they want $500 to fix it.... thats a bit much. And no but it seems like it's coming from the rad but it's hard to say from where really

 

the drips under the radiator look rusty?? is there any coolant in the radiator, or is it just water?

watching the levels in the overflow container will tell you if the radiator is losing fluid.

 

Yeah the shroud has some minor rust. Yes the radiator is filled with coolant. Yeah the overflow coolant seems to be loosing a little bit overtime.

 

you are in the pacific northwest? will it ever dry out long enough to try and see where the leak is.

at one point i was losing small amounts of coolant, kinda blowing over the top of the engine when really hot, couldn't figure it out to the point of replacing the radiator, which was nearly 10 years old anyway... turns out that i created the leak by somehow putting a big hose clamp on wrong, it was riding up slightly on that ridge that the hose slides over :-/ stupid human mistake.

the radiator that was so good was one of those cheap things with plastic caps, but it survived wheeling trips all over the southwest, and the engine never overheated, including summer highway trips thru las vegas and bakersfield at over 110 degrees.

 

I am actually in Canada. I know for a fact that it seems like I have a minor leak if you look closely at the spring clamp on the lower radiator hose. That clamp is probably too big. But I am afraid it leaks somewhere else if you look at the picture where the drain nipple is, there's a drop over it (at a higher point than the lower coolant hose....so)

I made this post this morning and there is still not a new drop.... Weird.