Need support. Just found out my radiator is leaking

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all i can add is, pop the hood each morning for a few days to make sure the leak is addressed, you can also use a flashlight and look down at the hoses and stuff just to be sure everything is dry. If there are no changes then carry on as normal
I still gotta wipe down the other excess coolant. Will Citrol work on that? It’s not corrosive is it won’t dry or crack the hose will it
 

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I still gotta wipe down the other excess coolant. Will Citrol work on that? It’s not corrosive is it won’t dry or crack the hose will it
never used it before, I just use water when dealing with coolant. sometimes any excess coolant spills will be pooled up under the front bumper supports, the ones on the left and right side just under where the fog lights would be, they have a crosshatch black plastic about a inch deep top&bottom so the top will hold liquid, so if any coolant ended up in there it can stay there for days and smell, if so just stick a hose up under there and wash it out.
 
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probably left over coolant or possibly transmission fluid from the lines being disconnected, transmission fluid would only be on the passenger side, it does not flow thru the entire radiator. wash it all down and monitor.
Right that’s why I was confused to see it on the driver side as well, bc the lines are all the way on the passenger side … maybe fluid migration
 
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Also the two brackets that the trans line connect to the fans, I wasn’t able to screw them all the way in because the new radiator was a 1/4” thicker.
 

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