MattyIce4201
New member
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2018
- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 1
- Location
- NJ
- Genesis Model Type
- 1G Genesis Coupe (2009-2016)
Hi guys and gals, I've had my 2011 2.0t coupe for about 60k miles now. I bought her private sale from a teenager with about 50k miles on it, and I've been using her for my daily commute to work (about an hour to, and an hour back), while fighting a bunch of now seemingly related issues on a super tight budget.
My first big fix was dropping my A/c compressor out for a rebuild, due to a frozen clutch, which in turn cut my belt and caused a bunch of hell. I had issues dropping my compressor out the bottom of my engine bay, due to the crossbeam being bent about a good 2 inches. Looks like the kid ran a curb or something. The refrigerant lines tacked to that cross beam were smushed, which no doubt lead to the eventual death of my compressor/clutch at around 90k miles. I bought a rebuild compressor, couldn't drop it out the bottom and basically had to remove my cooling fan/intake/coolant reservoir just to pull the damn thing up and out to repair. I didn't notice the crushed lines/bent beam till i was underneath the car so i didn't order new refrigerant lines. The plan was to keep my a/c unplugged until i swap out the lines and slap a new condenser in. I'm basicly just using the compressor for the pulley. My dumb self thought that the a/c system being unplugged wouldn't activate my compressor, and also wouldn't really interfere with anything else. Which brings me to my new problem.
I'm now leaking coolant from it seems to be the bottom of my radiator. My engine temp gauge started dancing from midline to redline my whole commute yesterday, and while my boss and i (i work manufacturing, he's a record holding super-bike racer) were tearing the engine bay apart to find the leak, we noticed my cooling fan resistor start to steam, no doubt due to coolant being flung onto it by my cooling fan. The radiator has no visual signs of damage, we couldn't find any actual bubbling or spraying from the observable faces of the radiator, but what we did notice was my stock intercooler looked absolutely soaked with coolant. I also noticed my fan continues to run after i shut the engine down. My plan is to flush the system (which I'm due for), pull my radiator, and check for damage in the spots that hide behind my condenser. Then pull my hoses, check those for damage/tear, and once everything checks out/is replaced just reinstall and top with new fluid + empty air etc.
This brings me to my actual questions for you all, if you stuck it out through that wall of text above lol:
1. Did i cause these issues leaving my a/c compressor unplugged? Does the genesis actually use the a/c to help cool the radiator along with the fan? If not, did i need to pull a fuse for the a/c as well to keep its systems from activating?
2. If my fan motor is still good, and its just the resistor messing up the fan speeds and when the fan is activated, is it a bad plan for me to just replace the resistor instead of the whole fan assembly?
3. Where should i get my new radiator? The dealer has their replacement radiator for $545, which is atrocious. The Mishimoto looks great and if i have to spend a lot of money for a damn radiator i might as well get one without plastic parts. If not that one, any other reccomendations would be highly appreciated.
My first big fix was dropping my A/c compressor out for a rebuild, due to a frozen clutch, which in turn cut my belt and caused a bunch of hell. I had issues dropping my compressor out the bottom of my engine bay, due to the crossbeam being bent about a good 2 inches. Looks like the kid ran a curb or something. The refrigerant lines tacked to that cross beam were smushed, which no doubt lead to the eventual death of my compressor/clutch at around 90k miles. I bought a rebuild compressor, couldn't drop it out the bottom and basically had to remove my cooling fan/intake/coolant reservoir just to pull the damn thing up and out to repair. I didn't notice the crushed lines/bent beam till i was underneath the car so i didn't order new refrigerant lines. The plan was to keep my a/c unplugged until i swap out the lines and slap a new condenser in. I'm basicly just using the compressor for the pulley. My dumb self thought that the a/c system being unplugged wouldn't activate my compressor, and also wouldn't really interfere with anything else. Which brings me to my new problem.
I'm now leaking coolant from it seems to be the bottom of my radiator. My engine temp gauge started dancing from midline to redline my whole commute yesterday, and while my boss and i (i work manufacturing, he's a record holding super-bike racer) were tearing the engine bay apart to find the leak, we noticed my cooling fan resistor start to steam, no doubt due to coolant being flung onto it by my cooling fan. The radiator has no visual signs of damage, we couldn't find any actual bubbling or spraying from the observable faces of the radiator, but what we did notice was my stock intercooler looked absolutely soaked with coolant. I also noticed my fan continues to run after i shut the engine down. My plan is to flush the system (which I'm due for), pull my radiator, and check for damage in the spots that hide behind my condenser. Then pull my hoses, check those for damage/tear, and once everything checks out/is replaced just reinstall and top with new fluid + empty air etc.
This brings me to my actual questions for you all, if you stuck it out through that wall of text above lol:
1. Did i cause these issues leaving my a/c compressor unplugged? Does the genesis actually use the a/c to help cool the radiator along with the fan? If not, did i need to pull a fuse for the a/c as well to keep its systems from activating?
2. If my fan motor is still good, and its just the resistor messing up the fan speeds and when the fan is activated, is it a bad plan for me to just replace the resistor instead of the whole fan assembly?
3. Where should i get my new radiator? The dealer has their replacement radiator for $545, which is atrocious. The Mishimoto looks great and if i have to spend a lot of money for a damn radiator i might as well get one without plastic parts. If not that one, any other reccomendations would be highly appreciated.
Last edited:
