i came home from driving around the other night and noticed my car was smoking!!! nooo i said to myself, anyways i popped the hood and i noticed it was coolant from my radiator. so now there is a leak in my radiator...i think. am i gunna have to buy a whole new one? or is there some type of way to patch it? also who makes good aftermarket radiators for my 90 celica? i might just goto a junk yard but who knows if i see a nice one online. thanks

remember to get it car oriented, it goes for manual and auto as well as there were 2 different radiators for the celica...i think it got a little bit bigger for the 92-93 years

You can get radiators fixed, but its not a good idea, they never usually last that long, you`d be better of replacing it with a blueprinted one, not as expensive as a Toyota dealers, but exactly the same size, capacity etc.

my dad says i can just put some stop leak stuff in... is that a good idea ?

No, not really. it used to be widely used years ago when engines were simple, its called "radweld", but I wouldnt use it as it can block up other things too and lead to even more damage, bigger expense. When my dad was a lad, if you had a leak in your radiator, you would put a raw egg in the radiator which would find the hole and "cook" itself into the hole and plug the leak. Wouldnt recommend doing that though. Seriously, its worth the chew on, and the expense of getting a new radiator, at the very least you get peace of mind knowing that your not going to get stuck miles from home should the repair fail, which it will do eventually as "Radweld" was only ment as a temp fix.
If you want a cheap fix (temporary) if its a very small hole, drain the system and mix up some resin glue "Araldite" is the UK name for it, I`m sure there is a USA equivalent. and stick that over the hole, should hold for a while till you can afford to buy a new radiator.

"duct tape fixes all"

lol

alright thanks for the help. to bad i cant afford a new one now cuz my tranny put a massive hole in my pocket :shakehead

how much?

$2800 :banghead: they had to pull it apart 3 times cuz they couldnt figure out why the new tranny from toyota wasnt wroking rite. :(

o they also did some other stuff in the process of the tranny though like fluids and whatnot..so the 2800 isnt just the tranny

i see