Terri90 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I have a 90 Reatta. It is leaking water from the finned cooling pipe. The part is all rusted. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement and is it difficult to install? There is picture on page 3B-3 of the 1990 service manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlabree Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Isn't that the powersteering cooler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri90 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Yes it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 You cannot leak water from a power steering cooler, it must be coming from somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri90 Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 You are correct, my mistake. It is leaking power steering fluid. Its clear like water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlabree Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Syn. powersteering fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 It is sort of common for those coolers to rust out. I have several Reatta parts cars and have a nice rust free cooler available. I can be reached at jfinn@cpinternet.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 This cooler seldom goes bad, so you could probably find one on a Riviera in a junk yard (more Rivieras than Reattas) You could probably find a small transmission cooler or PS cooler from another make of car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Sure, next time someone wants some bell cranks I will tell them to buy new ones instead of your reproductions. Of course they will have to pay about 5 times more for new GM ones.I see your post was very close in time and you were probably composing while I was posting.Actually these coolers do go bad quite often especially in northern climates because they are right out front and have very little paint on them. The salt in winter gets them pretty fast. I would estimate about 70% of the coolers on the parts cars I have had have been rusted to the point I would not want to resell them. I do have some nice ones though and they are not available anymore from GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_dantm4 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Mine went bad and I just replaced it with some copper tubing I got from pepboys. I think the response to a similar cry for help was along the lines of - if you're not doing some serious snowdrift escaping, you probably don't even need it. I would suggest it at least as a temporary replacement, and who knows maybe by doing that I've doomed something else to failure as I"m not an expert by any means, but it's worked so far. -Dan90' Black/Tan Coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 And so it goes... Another one bites the dust... poor Barney NO MORE PARTS FOR YOU! NOW YOU GO. YOU NOT COME BACK, ONE YEAR!! NEXT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I hope Jim was joking........otherwise, I will shut the door down here that lets summer come to Minnisota and it will be winter all year and he cannot remove parts from any of his cars. He will also be forced to spend all year inside watching TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonlabree Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Minnesotians are hearty than that. They can handle anything you can throw at them.Not like the southern people who want Government money & help eveytime nature goes wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Don't you worry about the Southern folks. We are still saving our confederate money. We still think the South will rise again! This post was not about the North and South it was about parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Last week it never got above 65 degrees so maybe Barney was giving me a sampling. We have that stupid Lake Superior and when the wind is out of the east it can be 90 all around here and 55 degrees and foggy in Duluth.Hey------television isn't so bad, I can catch up on reruns of Walker Texas Ranger. Not only that, in every bar in the area on any night of the week you can find a free game of Texas Holdem. It's free to play but you can win "bar bucks" and sometimes cash. I have been playing too much lately and recently after taking two first,two seconds and a third in 7 times I was thinking of giving up my day job, selling Reatta parts, and becoming a professional poker player. If the heat gets shut off watch for my face on the WPT or PPT on the tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Our State Slogan in WI is "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_dantm4 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I didn't know Cincinnati was in Wisconsin? =)-Dan90' Black/Tan Coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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