Well. drain the collant first and disconect the hoses from the radiator, and take the radiator off after your your take the holding blots off. then slide new radiator and Reverse the Above Method. and when you put the coolant in dont close the cap and let the car run for a while untill the air come out of the systeme then close the cap and you should be fine. And if its your first time doing that, Just draw a paper where the hoses goes or Label them. Good luck
SOURCE: 2002 Dodge Stratus R/T Spark Plugs
Tom,
The spark plugs for that vehicle is Champions. Not anything fancy, just a resistor copper core plugs. DO NOT INSTALL DOUBLE OR SINGLE PLATINUM PLUGS. No bosch, no splitfire, nothing but the champion plug.
ANy other plug and you will start have random misfire codes and other "weird little problems".
I have been a shop owner for years and I tell you this because i have fixed weild little problems just by installing the correct plug. ]
You should change the plugs every 30K miles as well. Look in your owners manual and it should tell you your service schedule
Good luck
Harry
Mercedes and All Auto Repair.
SOURCE: Where is the drain valve on 2002 dodge caravan radiator?
Cooling System
Draining & Filling
To Drain:
WARNING
To avoid serious injury, allow the engine to cool before opening any part of the cooling system. The coolant is under pressure and may boil if the pressure is released while the coolant is hot.
Allow the engine cooling system to cool and open the drain at the lower left side of the radiator before removing the pressure cap. This will drain the coolant from the reservoir.
After the coolant reserve container is empty, remove the pressure cap.
Remove the cylinder block drain plug(s).
To Fill:
Remove the radiator pressure cap and fill system with a 50/50 mix of good quality 5 Year/100,000 mile engine coolant and distilled water.
Continue filling radiator until full and install the cap.
Fill the coolant reservoir container to the MAX mark with the same coolant mixture.
Allow the engine to come to normal operation temperature and cool down completely and recheck the coolant level. Add coolant to between the MAX and MIN mark.
SOURCE: replacing serpentine belt 2002 dodge stratus
Did this on my 2002 Stratus 2.4L. I agree with other poster, you do have to remove the passenger tire and wheel wall to do it, but the tensioner travels clockwise.
Note: I offer this solely as a description of how I accomplished the task on my vehicle. It should not be taken as me advising anyone else in any way on how or whether they manage to repair their own vehicles.
1) Engaged parking brake, loosened lugs on passenger front tire.
2) Jacked-up and placed jack-stand.
3) Removed piece of black under-carriage which surrounds the oil filter and attaches to front bumper. There are at least 10 plastic push-pins to remove and I managed to destroy half of them in the process.
4) Positoned belt over lower pulleys and tensioner (as best as possible) then used a bungee to hold the top end of belt up while I worked under the car.
5) Used a 3/8 ratchet and inserted into square hole attached to the tensioner, disengaged the tensioner (moves clockwise) then used a brace to keep the ratchet handle in that position.
6) From top, removed bungee and finished placing belt over alternator, checked the position of entire belt, reengaged the tensioner, and replaced wall and wheel.
SOURCE: location of thermostat on 2002 dodge stratus 2.7 eng.
The thermostat on this car is located on the passenger side lower Engine block. Follow the lower radiator hose and it will lead you right to it. The Wheel and splash guarding need to be removed as well as the Alternator to gain access to the housing bolts. It about a 3 hour job to replace thermostat.
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