1991 SAAB 900 radiator replacement

I have been smelling that sweet smell of antifreeze burning for a little while and while never seeing any on the ground from a bad water pump I knew it was time as the 25 year old cooling system is showing its age. I recently got the foot drip of the old 900s as well but the heater bypass valve is back ordered on www.eeuroparts.com at the moment so I started with the radiator.

Starting disassembly:

Disconnect battery
Drain coolant

Unbolt your turbo to intercooler pipe clamps and remove
unbolt your ignition coil
vacuum control valve ( next to coil brown valve, thing that clicks when it goes bad)

Remove the torque screws holding in the fans ( T20 screws 2 upper, 1 lower) and unplug and lift out
remove

take of overflow return hose, Driver side
un plug fan temp sensor , Driver side
upper radiator hose, Passenger side
lower radiator hose, Driver side
unbolt 2 radiator bolts
tip back ( toward engine ) and lift out, radiator has two posts on bottom that go into rubber bushings

drop in the new radiator
reverse directions to reinstall
fill coolant and reconnect battery
run through warm up and make sure your fans still turn on

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