George B's 2000 Saturn SL2. “The Turtle”

[George B]

My leaky radiator gave up and sprayed coolant all over the engine bay today. Parked and waiting on UPS to deliver the replacement.

 

[bigdog9191999]

hope that solves the last of the big issues with it for you!

 

[George B]

I am afraid my radiator got damaged in shipping.

 

[89Suburban]

I am afraid my radiator got damaged in shipping.

What one did you order? Local NAPA will deliver same day for free, at least in my area it does.

 

[89Suburban]

I am afraid my radiator got damaged in shipping.

When it rains it pours don't it? ***. Feel for you!

 

[George B]

What one did you order? Local NAPA will deliver same day for free, at least in my area it does.

I ordered a TYC brand for $78 on Amazon. RA had the same one a little cheaper but shipping made it more expensive. Plus free returns if I didn’t like the quality.

 

[George B]

When it rains it pours don't it? ***. Feel for you!

It’s not critical at all. It can sit while I drive the Burb.

 

[George B]

Radiator arrived and installed. Two hours flat. Glad I got new trans cooler lines too. Botton one was too crunchy.

 

[George B]

Got another gremlin to chase.
It got up to 50° today so I tried the AC and found the compressor doesn’t run. All the fuses are good. Looking with the tech2 I can manually command the compressor relay but get a “AC is commanded off” message. I assume this may be an ambient temperature reading issue as manipulation of the AC button doesn’t change the state of the command. I heard that the temperature needs to be above 40° so I should have been good. I will have to look at the data again to see if I can see the ambient temperature input. I don’t have a detailed enough manual to find the sensor itself. I know there is an IAT by the filter but I don’t know if it is shared. The AC relay is controlled by the PCM which also reads the IAT.

May be time for an Alldatadiy sub.

 

[George B]

More reading and testing are due. I think the pressure switch is all that is used to determine if it’s “too cold”. I need to check the state of the switch and I may need a set of gauges.