Anyone else have a lot of dents on the radiator? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Norcalmav23 · 08-15-2012, 01:10 PM

Did an oil change yesterday... I got to look at the car a lot closer than usual... I don't know if its my ocd about my brz or if I really should be concerned, but I noticed that the radiator had about 50ish small small dents in the fins, pretty clearly from rocks maybe very large bugs etc. Should I be concerned? Anyone else notice their radiator is taking a beating? Oh yah I have just over 4k on the odometer.

zc06_kisstherain · 08-15-2012, 02:34 PM

if it doesnt show any sign of leak, then i wouldnt worry about it unless it's really huge dent might cause leak in future

Razz · 08-15-2012, 03:34 PM

That is allot of dents for a few miles.

Get a radiator comb and fix them.

Jayde · 08-15-2012, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zc06_kisstherain

if it doesnt show any sign of leak, then i wouldnt worry about it unless it's really huge dent might cause leak in future

A picture would help show us how it looks.

Norcalmav23 · 08-15-2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayde

A picture would help show us how it looks.

good point! pic is attached

immortal_suby · 08-15-2012, 10:02 PM

That is ugly for so few miles. I wonder how hard it would be to attach a screen in front of that.

zc06_kisstherain · 08-15-2012, 11:11 PM

hmmm many dents but they are small and wont affect. dont worry

Norcalmav23 · 08-16-2012, 01:04 AM

yah... sad story I guess. On the positive, good thing i have a clear bra. If all that was hitting the radiator then... you get the idea. I just looked up how much a new radiator costs, only $170! I will hold off for now though, maybe in a year or two i'll do it.

whataboutbob · 08-16-2012, 01:33 AM

Just checked and I only have one small dent on my FR-S radiator.

wheelhaus · 08-16-2012, 02:29 AM

do you follow closely or drive on beat up roads a lot? If so, might want to increase your following distances, you're picking up a lot of debris.

Opie · 08-16-2012, 08:40 AM

That's the A/C condensor, not the raditator....

Jayde · 08-16-2012, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Opie

That's the A/C condensor, not the raditator....

tomato86 · 08-16-2012, 09:31 AM

Looks a lot like my old stock EVO intercooler, plenty of dents. Unfortunately it's mostly luck.

Mike Sino · 08-16-2012, 04:32 PM

i live in san jose as well and commute to cupertino and sunnyvale... i barely have any of those dents

08-15-2012, 01:10 PM	#1
Norcalmav23 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: SWP Limited manual BRZ Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 146 Thanks: 73 Thanked 55 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Anyone else have a lot of dents on the radiator? Did an oil change yesterday... I got to look at the car a lot closer than usual... I don't know if its my ocd about my brz or if I really should be concerned, but I noticed that the radiator had about 50ish small small dents in the fins, pretty clearly from rocks maybe very large bugs etc. Should I be concerned? Anyone else notice their radiator is taking a beating? Oh yah I have just over 4k on the odometer.

08-16-2012, 04:32 PM	#14
Mike Sino Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 13' Subaru BRZ Location: Yay Area Posts: 44 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i live in san jose as well and commute to cupertino and sunnyvale... i barely have any of those dents __________________

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Razz Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Fast Location: United States Posts: 480 Thanks: 64 Thanked 101 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That is allot of dents for a few miles. Get a radiator comb and fix them.

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Norcalmav23 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: SWP Limited manual BRZ Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 146 Thanks: 73 Thanked 55 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	yah... sad story I guess. On the positive, good thing i have a clear bra. If all that was hitting the radiator then... you get the idea. I just looked up how much a new radiator costs, only $170! I will hold off for now though, maybe in a year or two i'll do it.

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tomato86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S \| '08 Evo [Sold] Location: MD Posts: 280 Thanks: 168 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looks a lot like my old stock EVO intercooler, plenty of dents. Unfortunately it's mostly luck.

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