Plug on Passenger Side Tank of Fbody AL Rad

[6SENSE]

Installed a Fbody AL radiator the other day from AutoZone.

What is the small white plastic plug/cap near the center of the passenger side plastic tank (engine side of rad). Is it for a tranny fluid temp sensor?

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

I believe its a low coolant sender fitting to let you know if your low on coolant, just missing the sender

if you take the fitting out, what color fluid comes out? red or green?

 

[6SENSE]

Originally posted by Quick6'n'-K.C.
I believe its a low coolant sender fitting to let you know if your low on coolant, just missing the sender

if you take the fitting out, what color fluid comes out? red or green?

I was guessing it had to be for a sender, just wasnt sure. Didnt really want to unplug it and have fluid pouring out though. I was hoping that someone might already know for sure. Thanks.

 

[turbo buicks]

HOW YOU LIKE YOUR F-BODY RADIATOR???

 

[6SENSE]

Originally posted by turbo buicks
HOW YOU LIKE YOUR F-BODY RADIATOR???

ME LIKEY RADIATOR!!
So far so good, actually havent driven much over the last few days, but the couple times I did there has to be about a 10 degree drop. Just going by the VDO gauge right now as my brother swiped the Scanmaster back that I was borrowing and I dont care to ride around with TLink all the time. If I race tommorow night, or the next, I should be able to really see what its doing with TLink. Noticed that the dual fans dont seem to be running as much as before which is a good thing since they draw so much power.
Hold up, come to think of it, I did drive for about half an hour the other night with TLink hooked up. Dont know what the temp was outside. As hot as it has been around here, even if it cooled off it still had to be in the mid 80's. Coolant temp stayed in the 160's. Dipped to 159 a couple times. Hit the car up a couple times back to back and the highest temp I saw was 168, and then dropped down. I think I saw 162-163 the majority of the time. I still need to get some exact readings during the daytime with the sun out, but again looking at the gauge, it seems to stay around the same during the day as what I saw the other night.
Pretty cool when you can have the engine running for awhile and put your hand on the radiator, hold it there, and it doesnt burn ya

P.S. Install was a breeze too. Nothing out of the ordinary. Only had to modify the RC fans a bit more (grind down sides just enough to fit between end tanks which sit just slightly closer).

 

[turbo buicks]

SWEET. SO YOU THINK ITS THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK RADIATOR? HOW MUCH BUCK DID YOU SPEND BTW? ALSO WHAT ABOUT THE OIL COOLER LINES, WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT THEM?

 

[6SENSE]

I previously had a V8 rad and it was a good deal. 86-87 bucks w/ lifetime warranty, and worked well. I had asked a friend who works up at the parts store if I could upgrade to the Fbody rad and pay the difference. Price for the Fbody was $118, so I only paid about $30 to go to aluminum . Funny thing is he has a Regal with a custom Chevy engine in it and he thinks Im experimenting. He is waiting for me to tell him the rad will work so he can use it too. I know I told him I wasnt the first to do this .
Ive got an '84, so no oil cooler factory. However I did hook one up a couple of years ago. Ordered a sandwich adaptor and got a nice size oil cooler off of a '90 Caprice (police pkg or taxi). Using tranny/oil cooler hose and some brass fittings- not a big deal. After getting ahold of the external oil cooler, there shouldnt be any problem doing the same thing with the stock '86/'87 sandwich adaptor. Just add the hose and whatever neccessary fittings. Or Im sure braided screw on lines, or whatever else could be adapted if thats what is desired.