Radiator replaced after much wailing and gnashing of teeth. I had to saw off the radiator mounting flanges to get it out. Then sawed off the two vertical screws to get them loose.

Test drive ok.

Got the new radiator last week, and finally had time to attempt the replacement today. It started out well enough. The fan shroud removal only took minutes. The hose clamp on the radiator side of the upper radiator was too rusted to allow me to remove it. Tried both 7 mm hex and flat screwdriver - b...

Just ordered the new radiator. Should be here next week. I ordered it from Germany. A new part for less than an old and used from the scrapyard costs here, even with shipping from Germany to Sweden included. And only about a third of what the cheapest NEW radiator (not OEM) costs in stores here! Cra...

I have no power tools (nor can I afford any right now), and even if I did, there is no power outlet near where the car is. But it'll probably be all right. I'm more concerned about the transmission fluid (which will probably burst out) and the two very rusted connectors. I should probably drain the ...

Well, the leaking has accelerated recently, and I now know where the leak is. The seam between the alu and the plastic has opened up near the top on the passenger side. The metal tabs are bent out over 2-3 inches, and the leak is in the middle of that. I tried to bend the tabs back, but the first on...

Spent an hour or so today draining the old coolant, flushing, and filling new coolant and distilled water. The old coolant looked fine. A satin-like pale green, with no signs of oil or other contaminants. The dirty, brownish stuff, as I suspected, was just in the reservoir. Before this, I had left t...

It hasn't overheated in my care, and I very much doubt it has for any of the previous owners. It doesn't make sense for transmission fluid to be circulated all the way to the radiator. Water/coolant has much better heat capacity, and has less pumping loss, so running coolant down to the transmission...

But the level drops down to the same level even if the car is left and not run at all. If I were to top up now, it will have leaked down to one inch below the MIN mark before tomorrow morning. So I don't buy that pressure when running is pushing the coolant out. And the brown color seemed to come fr...

My car is a 1996 automatic non-turbo 850. I bought it in February. A few weeks ago, the low coolant warning light came on intermittently when I accelerated. After a while, it came on steady, so I stopped and checked. The level was below MIN in the reservoir, by about 2/3". Enough to trigger the...

Had another peek at it a couple of hours ago. The clutch gap is huge. 1.2-1.5 mm or so. That's about four times too big, right? However, I don't think that's the issue. I started the car and set the ECC panel to make the AC turn on, and then used a wooden stick to push the clutch inwards. It touched...