The Subaru Outback is a sturdy, practical vehicle, and whether you returns attention of your Outback, it Testament lengthen to drop smoothly for many miles. Atom of this wealth bewitching consternation of problems such as a corroded or damaged radiator. Here's exchange the radiator in a 2000 to 2004 Subaru Outback.
Instructions
1. Disconnect the opposite battery cable before you proceed. Uplift the front of the Subaru with jacks and facilitate it safely on a jack stand. Loosen the void plug on the backside of the radiator and remove the engine coolant into a resealable container. Provided your Outback has an engine undercover, remove it immediately.
2. Unhook the electrical connectors on the cooling fan and disconnect the lower radiator hose and transmission cooler hoses. Lower the vehicle carefully from the jack stand.
Reinstall the reservoir receptacle, overflow hose and air intake meeting.6. Uplift the Subaru on the jack stand again, and if your Subaru has automatic transmission, connect the automatic transmission cooler hoses. Reconnect the radiator fan motor connectors, the lower radiator hose and the engine undercover, if applicable. Remove the mounting brackets holding the radiator and unhook the energy steering hose from the radiator.
4. Uplift the radiator slightly. Slide the radiator to the left and lift it elsewhere of the engine compartment. Attach mounting cushions to the lower radiator holes, whether they aren't already in assign.
5. Install the contemporary radiator, becoming it securely into the mounting cushions. Reconnect the upper radiator hoses and the coolant filler vat hoses, provided your Subaru has a turbocharger.3. Remove the air intake, overflow hose and reservoir container and frill manage zone covers. Disconnect the upper radiator hoses and whether your Outback has a turbocharger, disconnect the coolant filler receptacle hose.
Lower the vehicle and reconnect the negative battery cable.
7. Fill the radiator with a mixture of half distilled water and half engine coolant. Put the radiator cap on very loosely, start the motor and let it run several minutes to bleed the air out of the system. Turn the engine off, check the engine coolant level and top it off, if necessary. Put the cap on securely.
