Thank you for the video! I just replaced the radiator on my 1999 GMC Suburban (315K miles) and this video was invaluable. There were some rust problems, but PB Blaster helped. I couldn’t figure out how to open the drain plug, so I just removed the lower hose. Also, removing the lower fan shroud made a huge difference. It opened things right up and there were only two (very rusted) bolts holding it on. The other part that made this trickier was that the lower hose was clamped with a squeeze clamp rather than a screw type as in the video. But I managed to get it off and repositioned it to make it easier to put on when the lower shroud is off. Thanks again for the video! I would have never attempted this job if I hadn’t seen it.
Needed to change out my radiator in my 1999 Chevy Tahoe LT with the Vortec 5.7L V8. "Charlene" Your video was a big help. I got R Done in about 45 minutes and without problems (Pretty good as I don't have your experience)....So thank you for this posting. 👀😉
Great video. About to change mine. One thing I was always taught was to turn the heater on low to circulate fluid through in order to remove any air pockets from that part of the system.
I just bought a 1998 350 and need to pull the engine and couldn't figure out how to take the radiator out for the life of me. This video is so helpful!
Thanks for the detailed video. I'm replacing the radiator, water pump, thermostat and hoses on my 99 cadillac escalade, basically a lux model gmc lol. Again great detail 👌
Thanks for this vid! I also used compressed air to 'reverse" blow out the cooler in front of the radiator for the A/C. A ton of dirt came out. I had the squeeze clamp on the lower rad hose. What a bear to get at it. I had to lift the rad up to get channel locks on it. The lower shroud also won't come out without removing the rad. If you try to get it out you may damage the fan blades.
Thanks for the video. I tired of these crappy crimped radiator plastic tanks. I went to JEGS online and purchased a full aluminum TIG welded radiator. 3. Core. My new radiator is the full width. You’ll notice your core doesn’t go from end to end thickness wise on the sides. I aid about 250. But I don’t care it’s the last radiator I’ll put in this Yukon. It was my dads who bought it new in 1999. Had 113k miles and I can’t believe that radiator leaked. Anyway for a hundred and a quarter more my champion radiator will last the life of the car. JEGS buys CHAMPION radioes in Colorado. Great unit. Yeah looking at your video you see the brackets on each side could fit another 3/4” of core. The. Champion fills those side brackets. They say my radiator is good for 600 to 800hp
Nice work Will on the rad replacement and good follow-up with checking all of the fluids. Looks like you're pulling some long hours. It was daylight when you started the job, but was pretty dark when you were wrapping it up. Don't work too hard!
+stuzman52 thank you, the editing makes short work of it lol however as you know time flies twice as fast when trying to capture the process on video. a 1.5 hr. job turns into 4hrs it seems. I had a few other repairs on this that added to the time as well. thanks again I will try not to lol
Nice video, Will. Even though you make it look easy I know that sometimes things can be a pain in the butt. The problem is that as you get older your patients becomes less. I always tell myself that it could be worse however.
+wysetech2000 thank you, cant lie I have plenty of those moments daily it seams. wanted to walk away from it so many times through the years. the satisfaction of certain jobs and this channel keeps me going I believe. this job actually went smooth however as I went to take it for a road test I noticed the brake pedal was sinking. got back to the shop looked it over and found a brake line running along the rear was leaking. 8pm customer and his wife were there to pick it up at this point. I couldn't let it go like that. ended up spending another 2hrs flaring bending routing fighting rusted bleeders. under pressure very stressful at times
+robinsonsauto LoL...Well that just sucks. Had a similar thing happen to me a couple of times over the years. If we didn't care about what we do and other people there would be NO stress. You just have to flush it out of your mind and carry on to the next problem. I guess nobody ever told us that this job was easy.
Thanks for this ... new driver of a '93 GMC Suburban ... so need to learn a sh*t ton about car care, maintenance and repairs... got my new rad, got my new coolant to refill it... now that I know how this is done and a ballpark on how long this whole process takes I can take it to my mechanic guy and get him to swap it out for me and know if he tries to 'labour' gouge me!! :P LOL Thanks again for this thorough how to!!! You rock!!
This one doesn't have the 175 amp fuse on the shroud like my Tahoe. I was hoping to see how it was routed. You have great videos. I watched your 5 part video for the Tahoe head gaskets. Just now finishing up and having an issue getting juice for anything. I figure it is that but confused. keep up the good work Will!
+robinsonsauto I here that, in fact I put a brand new radiator in a 76 Ford pick up that cost 160 at Napa and I only paid 150 for the truck. What can I say the dough was burnin' a hole in my pocket....lol
I'm gonna watch this all day to convince myself to replace my 97 Yukon radiator by myself. Just a little concerned about the coolant lines. Especially the bottom one.
Hey nice video- do you know if the oil fittings- where they connect into the radiator can be repaired...gasket replaced? That boss is leaking coolant out on my 99 Yukon, I’m hoping I can just fix the fitting and not replace entire radiator.... do you know if that can be done?
Great video! That Suburban is so clean. She must live in the garage! Lower intake manifold gasket R&R on a 5.7L GM, what a surprise! :) So the transmission cooler lines and remote oil filter hoses don't have any O-rings going into the radiator?
+Raoul Thomas Thank you, its a pleasure to work on, he takes great care of it. between the lower intakes and central port injection gm kept shops in business lol. this one just uses flared fittings at the rad. corresponding tappers pretty much, however some do use O-rings on them just snug up, now on the engine oil cooler housing side it uses a quick connect style fitting they do have O-rings I have seen those at the rad. side as well however this one don't have them. thanks again for the interaction and comment its appreciated
Gonna have to do mine soon . Thanks for the video! Is there a part number on this radiator? Mines a 99 sierra classic. How do you feel about ebay parts?
Can anyone help me? I ordered a radiator from advanced auto and the website said exact fit for my truck... so I picked it up and turns out the one sitting on the truck is smaller than the new one I bought... can I still use it?
+Effay513 thank you, everything went well. i recommended a few things after looking it over and road testing, talked with the owner today he wants the other work done, shocks etc. says its running great no more leaks so that's a good thing
Nice video but there’s no point in squeezing the upper hose, just start it with the cap off and top it off as it goes down. Once you hear the thermostat open you’re good.
Thank you for the video! I just replaced the radiator on my 1999 GMC Suburban (315K miles) and this video was invaluable. There were some rust problems, but PB Blaster helped. I couldn’t figure out how to open the drain plug, so I just removed the lower hose. Also, removing the lower fan shroud made a huge difference. It opened things right up and there were only two (very rusted) bolts holding it on. The other part that made this trickier was that the lower hose was clamped with a squeeze clamp rather than a screw type as in the video. But I managed to get it off and repositioned it to make it easier to put on when the lower shroud is off. Thanks again for the video! I would have never attempted this job if I hadn’t seen it.
Finally someone who gets to the point & walks us thru the entire process
Needed to change out my radiator in my 1999 Chevy Tahoe LT with the Vortec 5.7L V8. "Charlene" Your video was a big help. I got R Done in about 45 minutes and without problems (Pretty good as I don't have your experience)....So thank you for this posting. 👀😉
Great video. About to change mine. One thing I was always taught was to turn the heater on low to circulate fluid through in order to remove any air pockets from that part of the system.
Great tip!
I just bought a 1998 350 and need to pull the engine and couldn't figure out how to take the radiator out for the life of me. This video is so helpful!
2 Videos in a week!?! I'm pumped. You deserve 10x the subs. Your videos are far more real world than the other big channels.
Thanks for the detailed video. I'm replacing the radiator, water pump, thermostat and hoses on my 99 cadillac escalade, basically a lux model gmc lol. Again great detail 👌
Bout to do this on my truck. Watched this video a couple times. Appreciate you!
Thanks Brother, you are truly a professional. ..great job showing that info.
Stay safe!
Love all your videos!! Thanks for taking the time to make the video!!!
+Brad1237202 thank you its appreciated, your welcome anytime
Thanks for the video I knew for the most part what I needed to do but you helped alot with the details so thank you!
Thanks for this vid! I also used compressed air to 'reverse" blow out the cooler in front of the radiator for the A/C. A ton of dirt came out.
I had the squeeze clamp on the lower rad hose. What a bear to get at it. I had to lift the rad up to get channel locks on it.
The lower shroud also won't come out without removing the rad. If you try to get it out you may damage the fan blades.
Also make sure you wear your hazmat suit don’t wanna catch any rads! Awesome video man it helped me out a lot 🙏🏼.
Thanks for the video. I tired of these crappy crimped radiator plastic tanks. I went to JEGS online and purchased a full aluminum TIG welded radiator. 3. Core. My new radiator is the full width. You’ll notice your core doesn’t go from end to end thickness wise on the sides. I aid about 250. But I don’t care it’s the last radiator I’ll put in this Yukon. It was my dads who bought it new in 1999. Had 113k miles and I can’t believe that radiator leaked. Anyway for a hundred and a quarter more my champion radiator will last the life of the car. JEGS buys CHAMPION radioes in Colorado. Great unit. Yeah looking at your video you see the brackets on each side could fit another 3/4” of core. The. Champion fills those side brackets. They say my radiator is good for 600 to 800hp
Nice work Will on the rad replacement and good follow-up with checking all of the fluids. Looks like you're pulling some long hours. It was daylight when you started the job, but was pretty dark when you were wrapping it up. Don't work too hard!
+stuzman52 thank you, the editing makes short work of it lol however as you know time flies twice as fast when trying to capture the process on video. a 1.5 hr. job turns into 4hrs it seems. I had a few other repairs on this that added to the time as well. thanks again I will try not to lol
Thanks for the vid man I was able to fix moms suburban. her radiator had busted on the highway.
Nice video, Will. Even though you make it look easy I know that sometimes things can be a pain in the butt. The problem is that as you get older your patients becomes less. I always tell myself that it could be worse however.
+wysetech2000 thank you, cant lie I have plenty of those moments daily it seams. wanted to walk away from it so many times through the years. the satisfaction of certain jobs and this channel keeps me going I believe. this job actually went smooth however as I went to take it for a road test I noticed the brake pedal was sinking. got back to the shop looked it over and found a brake line running along the rear was leaking. 8pm customer and his wife were there to pick it up at this point. I couldn't let it go like that. ended up spending another 2hrs flaring bending routing fighting rusted bleeders. under pressure very stressful at times
+robinsonsauto LoL...Well that just sucks. Had a similar thing happen to me a couple of times over the years. If we didn't care about what we do and other people there would be NO stress. You just have to flush it out of your mind and carry on to the next problem. I guess nobody ever told us that this job was easy.
Thanks for this ... new driver of a '93 GMC Suburban ... so need to learn a sh*t ton about car care, maintenance and repairs... got my new rad, got my new coolant to refill it... now that I know how this is done and a ballpark on how long this whole process takes I can take it to my mechanic guy and get him to swap it out for me and know if he tries to 'labour' gouge me!! :P LOL Thanks again for this thorough how to!!! You rock!!
i would definitely recommend changing the thermastat as well
Awesome videos you are the man. You help us all learn how to work on our vehicles so we can look hot for our men.😉
+Tammy brazuk lol thank you I'm glad I know your a woman haha that's an awesome visual compliment :) no offence to others that choose otherwise.
Thanks! Great video....Great job! Will be watching more :)
Great video. Wish me luck I'm gonna be changing the radiator on my 1999 Suburban .. It has the 7.4L
Exactly what I needed! Thanks!
This one doesn't have the 175 amp fuse on the shroud like my Tahoe. I was hoping to see how it was routed. You have great videos. I watched your 5 part video for the Tahoe head gaskets. Just now finishing up and having an issue getting juice for anything. I figure it is that but confused. keep up the good work Will!
Thanks for the video. That looked like s high dollar radiator. Another happy customer.
+Duncan “DunMac” Mac your welcome anytime, wasn't cheap to say the least. sometimes its worth the extra couple bucks for that sense of security.
+robinsonsauto I here that, in fact I put a brand new radiator in a 76 Ford pick up that cost 160 at Napa and I only paid 150 for the truck. What can I say the dough was burnin' a hole in my pocket....lol
I dont see how you got 5 dislikes on this video. This is an awesome video,thanks for sharing. I subscribed 👍.
From mispronunciation of what RADIATES the heat 🤣
I'm gonna watch this all day to convince myself to replace my 97 Yukon radiator by myself. Just a little concerned about the coolant lines. Especially the bottom one.
Very helpful! Thanks a lot
Will any idea what that extra port on the radiator is for? Good video.
wow, its nighttime and your still working? you must really love your job lol, most mechanics would call it a day by 5 or sooner I would think
Outstanding!
Hey nice video- do you know if the oil fittings- where they connect into the radiator can be repaired...gasket replaced? That boss is leaking coolant out on my 99 Yukon, I’m hoping I can just fix the fitting and not replace entire radiator.... do you know if that can be done?
Great video. What lines are on the passenger and driver side of the radiator aside from the hoses?
Awesome video and very helpful!
Great video! That Suburban is so clean. She must live in the garage! Lower intake manifold gasket R&R on a 5.7L GM, what a surprise! :) So the transmission cooler lines and remote oil filter hoses don't have any O-rings going into the radiator?
+Raoul Thomas Thank you, its a pleasure to work on, he takes great care of it. between the lower intakes and central port injection gm kept shops in business lol. this one just uses flared fittings at the rad. corresponding tappers pretty much, however some do use O-rings on them just snug up, now on the engine oil cooler housing side it uses a quick connect style fitting they do have O-rings I have seen those at the rad. side as well however this one don't have them. thanks again for the interaction and comment its appreciated
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Mi suegro hizo lo mismo en español, muy buen video
do the return lines on passenger side need o rings on the flange connection when installing new radiator?
Gonna have to do mine soon . Thanks for the video! Is there a part number on this radiator? Mines a 99 sierra classic. How do you feel about ebay parts?
Can anyone help me? I ordered a radiator from advanced auto and the website said exact fit for my truck... so I picked it up and turns out the one sitting on the truck is smaller than the new one I bought... can I still use it?
hey bro where did you order the radiator from? i have the same problem
Will this fix my low heat and you dont have radiator overflow ?
About how long does this take all together ?
Great movie!! Thanks Will! Did the test drive go well?
+Effay513 thank you, everything went well. i recommended a few things after looking it over and road testing, talked with the owner today he wants the other work done, shocks etc. says its running great no more leaks so that's a good thing
Awesome!
Chevy put out a service note changing dex 3 to dex 6 for transmission fluid
Oh yeah, good lookn bruh
On this engine is it normal for the cooling fan to turn on as soon as the car starts??
Yes!
show me how to replace radiator to 3 flo radiator
I hate that spare port they put on these radiators why?they crack every few months so frustrating
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Nice video but there’s no point in squeezing the upper hose, just start it with the cap off and top it off as it goes down. Once you hear the thermostat open you’re good.
Hearing you mospronouce radiator is killing me, it's pronounced ray-dee-a-tor. Like radiate.