[HobieMarty]

Haha, yeah we've had this minivan "Pearl" for many years. She is kind of an extra vehicle and doesnt get driven much, well, mainly because she smelled of burning oil from the oil leak she had, but I have fixed that issue.
I used the van today, basically went on a shake down cruise to Pull-a-Part in Montgomery, she did good. Cruising at 80 is very comfy, ran good, no oil leak, temp gauge stayed right in the middle.
When I got home I could smell coolant so i opened the hood to find that the radiator was wet all across the top where the plastic cap meets the aluminum core, not only was it wet, fluid had been getting spritzed all over my clean engine. With the engine off, the fluid in the reservoir was okay but I could hear boiling coming from somewhere. This van has never had a cooling issue ever so I was very surprised, and a bit pissed off as I had done all the work lately taking care of the oil leak issues and sprucing her up and now this. So, off to the parts store for a radiator and a thermostat. The thermostat is weird, you don't just get a thermostat, oh no!!! For your 45 bucks you get a thermostat already installed into a housing with an inlet pipe and a gasket!!! Geez, when did thermostats get so dang complicated? At least with the RX350, you just replaced the thermostat, with the Nissan you have to get the whole kit, it's the only way it is sold.
Anyway, I got the radiator installed, easy peasy, but the thermostat is being a real pain in the butt, ran out of daylight so I will continue in the morning before I go off to work!!! I thought I was finished working on this van but surprise, surprise, surprise!!!
What next????

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