How to pull radiator out 01 impala 3.4
Its realy not that hard to remove radiators and you don't need a lot of tool to do it. The first thing you need to do is find the small drain on the bottom of the radiator called the petcock usely has a thumb screw or plastic nut. And also has a nipple to attach a small hose to . Open the petcock after you attach the hose and let it drain into a container you olny need to drain a qt and a half out or so .Then you need to remove the fan shroud witch is held together with small bolts 5/16 or 8 mm. If you have remote fans disconect the electrical conecters and they will come out with the shroud . Then disconnect the radiator hoses top first then the bottom you will loose more antifreeze so put your container under the bottom hose and do it slowly but most ou the antifreeze is in the engine block so elevate the hoses wedge them behind what ever you is easyest in the engine compartment . If you have an automatic transmission you will need to remove the cooling lines that go into the radiator . You will see two plastic clips 1 red and 1 blue on most chevys . They will expand and pull of by hand . Under those will be small clips called E clips that can be easly removed with a small screw driver these hold the Orings tight that seal the oil lines .Once again eleavte these lines so they don't leak oil on the ground . Then lift the radiator out and tip it to drain the rest of the antifreeze and oil into a container and your done .you may want to get new Eclips and O rings for the oil line seals if you see any damage to them but if they look OK then you can reuse them . Wonce you see it and have done it you'll see its not hard to do good luck
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