# Radiator Hole 98 Honda Civic **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radiator-hole-98-honda-civic/32039 "2009-06-18T16:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![josepagina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@josepagina](https://community.cartalk.com/u/josepagina)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radiator-hole-98-honda-civic/32039/1 "2009-06-18T16:20:52Z")
My car overheated the other night when I was driving home. I pulled over and filled up my radiator with some water and “stop leak” goo. I brought the car to my mechanic and he recommended replacing the radiator rather than patching it up. I have a 98 Honda Civic that reached 94,000 (i just had my 90,000 service from the same guys) What should I do, replace the radiator and spend $500? ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radiator-hole-98-honda-civic/32039/2 "2009-06-18T16:53:19Z")
$500 seems rather high for a radiator. I’d shop around a bit for a better price. I found several '98 Civic radiators online for less than $100.00, and there isn’t $400 worth of labor involved in replacing one. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radiator-hole-98-honda-civic/32039/3 "2009-06-18T17:52:28Z")
This job is a lot more labor intensive than you would expect. I just replaced my original 98 Civic radiator for the same reason, but I have 185,000 miles on my Civic. Fortunately, I found the leak before my car overheated. I would fork over the $500 or try to look around for a better price. I saw quotes as high as $700 for this job, so I did it myself. josepagina, go ahead and also replace the two radiator hoses and the radiator cap if yours are the originals.