Helpful tips when replacing your 2008 Honda Pilot radiator

Purchased this radiator from Amazon
Brand = Spectra Premium
Part number = CU2956
Price = $131.82

[@mattbrouillard9571]

Great video helped a lot!

[@chillymooose]

That is great to hear. Thank you

[@redstreet7704]

Finally got my radiator changed on my 03 Pilot. I didn't remove the grill or the fans, maybe that's why it took me over 8 hours to finish. Pepboys wanted 511 dollars if I supplied the parts and coolant so it was well worth the trouble.

[@chillymooose]

That is great to hear Good job You should be proud of your self

[@abrahamshadbeh7223]

Good video, about to do this on a 2005 to avoid the tranny/radiator milkshake problem ive been reading about. Just a note. You mention in the video that the top bolts corroded due to exposure to antifreeze but I dont this thats right since antifreeze by its nature contains anti-corrosion inhibitors to keep the engine from corroding. But I could be mistaken. Great vid, camera movement was excellent.

[@chillymooose]

Ahhh yes You may be right Thanks for watching and good luck with your car. Keep us posted on how it goes

[@williamb454]

I just got a 2006 ,with 140k, should I change the radiator??

[@onepookela6053]

Thanks!

[@TheAbrunqaj]

Thanks a lot for the video. I'm trying to change my front motor mount and I have to remove the cooler fan. I see there are 2 bolts that hold it on the top but are there any bolts on the bottom part or it just slides on the holes ? @5:29

[@chillymooose]

Yes there are two bolts holding the bottom end as you can see @5:29. They get corroded as you can see in the video and sometimes are hard to get out. Good luck and thanks for watching.

[@mkrp4]

2004 is not working this way. (unless I take entire bumper with aka steel bar and cover) I had to remove battery and tray and unbolt fuse box to take both fans out there is absolutely no room to move radiator with fans between core support upper bar and a/c condenser without messing the high pressure lines also had to delete an a/t cooler hose bracket welded to the steel a/t tube attached to the radiator and remove the vertical bar with a hood latch

[@chillymooose]

Wow That is not good Please keep us posted as to how you removed it

[@mkrp4]

@@chillymooose I removed the battery , its plastic tray and the fuse box mount; unbolted and unplugged both fans from radiator; removed the center piece between the fans with hood latch attached and placed it on the top of the engine; I removed driver side fan through the gap between the core support and the battery shelf (after disconnecting fan switch wiring from it) Next I unbolted and moved the passenger side fan along the radiator to the place of driver side fan and removed it trough the gap as well (after removing a/c compressor wire hook from the fan shroud) I pulled the radiator trough the gap between a/c condenser and upper core support (had to tilt it and move it left to right few times to clear the a/t cooler metal line which tried to catch on the core support) Reinstalling fans to the new radiator was fun! the whole job took 4 hours , including filling and burping system

[@glennfitzpatrick3891]

Nice video. I have a short wire coming from my fan shroud and terminates at the hood latch bracket. Any idea what that's for?

[@chillymooose]

Thanks for watching Unfortunately I have no idea what that could be.

[@mattbrouillard9571]

Ground wire I believe

[@jesseschooler918]

About to change out my Wife's radiator on her 08 pilot tomorrow. I'm really glad there is a video like this out there. Thank you man. Did anything surprise you along the way? like was there a special tool you needed that you didn't know about or anything like that? Thanks in advance

[@chillymooose]

My pleasure. No special tools needed. I captured everything in the video. Good luck and thanks for watching.

[@jesseschooler918]

@@chillymooose Awesome, that's good to hear! im headed to the part store now for coolant and some clips! thanks for the reply man

[@IIISWILIII]

What's a ratiator?

[@chillymooose]

Hahahhaha… it’s the cousin of the Radiator. 😂

[@redstreet7704]

Is it possible to remove the radiator without the fans?

[@chillymooose]

@red street. Yes it’s possible You would just have to disconnect the fans, while the whole assembly is in the engine bay. I just found it easier the remove the entire assembly and disconnect the fans while everything was out.

[@redstreet7704]

@@chillymooose My radiator should be here in a day or two, I'm dreading changing it out, thanks!

[@MandoOutdoors]

Duude you put green coolant in the honda? Its supposed to be blue. And you pressure washed the ? Sheesh. I knew I should have stopped watching when you were pronouncing it "rad-iator" 🤣🤣

[@chillymooose]

Lmfao… that is funny. Thanks for watching