BanoOmg

First of all, I want to say THANK YOU to you saints and savages on this forum.

reddawnman, that timing belt DIY 2 was great! Thanks especially for the warning about that damn crank pulley bolt!

ezone, I love your willingness to help those that are willing to help themselves, and your sarcastic shut-downs of people that don't read the stickies or do a simple forum search!

I know there are other users that have been VERY helpful to me as I've lurked and learned, but I'm too lazy to look back over all of the posts and threads to give additional specific shout-outs right now. This forum has been very helpful to me, holy ****!



I need a replacement radiator for my 01 Civic LX with a manual transmission. What do I get?

I know Denso is the one that is in my car, and on the honda parts website (and on many other parts websites for less than 1/3 of the price Honda wants me to pay). The Honda part number is 19010-PMM-A02, but I can't find the Denso part number there. The one on Denso's site is part number 221-3220, but all of the pictures I see seem to have the transmission coolers for the automatics. I don't need that, and I don't know if having that on the radiator will make it too big to fit in my car.

I saw ezone mention that if the car has a manual trans, you can ignore the transmission cooler part of the radiator. I don't know if that meant ignore the ones that have the cooler, or just plop that radiator in and leave those dang transmission cooler nipples alone.

Can I just use any 01 civic radiator in my car? Will the Denso part 221-3220 work for me?

Thank you, thanks yous, and Hey! Thanks!

P.S.
I searched and sifted through many a thread before making a post. I apologise if I missed one with the answer, but I'm tired of reading about all these blown head gaskets and wobbly radiator caps and blown head gaskets and it's probably not the heater core and blown head gaskets and.... you get it.

Slumpertcivic

ezone

Some days are worse than others. At least you get it though LOL


This. Most radiators available in the aftermarket will have the ATF cooler in it because it simplifies production for the manufacturers and reduces inventory needs for everyone.

Have A/T? No problem, here's your radiator. Have M/T? No problem, same radiator.


The $50 radiator is probably just as good as the $200 radiator, except
I have some old notes about not liking brands Spectra, Murray, and CSF because of crappy cap fitment issues.

BanoOmg

Fantastic! Thanks fellas!

I'm still going to go with Denso, because it's $60-$80, and the parts store brands are all over $120 in my town right now. Woohoo!

ezone

Oh yea just noticed. Welcome to the forum

ezone

Use Honda Type 2 coolant or equivalent, not average green or universal.

BanoOmg

Thanks!

One more quick question:
Are radiator hose brands that important? Can I just get whatever brand hoses to replace mine? I'm not sure when or if they were ever changed before I got the car, and I might as well NOT have to replace the coolant again soon...

BanoOmg

Thanks for the heads up. No silicates for me, thanks!

ezone

EPDM type rubber is best IMO. Brands, IDK. Research? Check the Gates website

No Borates either. Check maybe Aisin and Zerex websites and read more?

BanoOmg

Cool, thanks. I'm checking product websites, and they all sure make their own products sound great, but I didn't have a calibrated bullshit filter yet. EPDM-seeker, ACTIVATE!

Gates and Dayco hoses use EPDM. Gates has EPDM tubes and covers. Sounds good to me!

Slumpertcivic

ezone

Ya, after type 2 became Hondas factory fill, water pump failures dropped significantly IMO

BanoOmg

I've replaced the radiator, and decided to throw some parts at it just in case (thermostat and fan switch) because they're easy to reach during this job and I don't know if they've ever been replaced. I don't want to buy more coolant in the next few months because I need to drain the radiator again to replace some cheap bits...

Mine only had the upper and lower radiator hoses, and the one that goes to the overflow resevoir. Are you talking about automatic trans cooling hoses, perchance?

ezone

More like heater hoses and the little hoses that run around the intake and throttle body areas