Okay...almost there... I have two cars with their radiators removed. 90 and 92 loyales, non-turbo... The 90 is the one running hot. It's radiator is pretty banged up. I see that on the 92 (which has A/C), there is a radiator looking thing in front of the actual radiator (excuse my ignorance here...looks like a radiator, but without cap and hoses running to it...closer to the bumper). The 90 doesn't have it. Since I have two nearly identical cars, it's a great learning tool, but I get a little nervous when I discover parts that one has and the other doesn't... You see my dilemma... before I continue with the radiator swap, what is this thing, and should the 90 (which has no A/C) have one?

 

thanks again...

thats your A/C condenser, no worries, just pull the radiator out and leave that in there. if your A/C works, dont cut the lines or put a hole in it, doing this will cause the A/C to not work any longer...

 

 

good luck

What superdave said. I just put a new radiator in my 91 Loyale (with AC) this morning. You shouldn't have to do anything with the AC condenser.

Thanks all... another success with your help... I drove her hard on mountain roads for about a half an hour and she didn't even start to heat up.