Radium Billet Coolant Tank: Civic Type R / Integra Type S Install

0:00All right, so when you first get this project right here, what's up guys? It's your boy John

0:15we are back again here with another video. Today we've taken a look at the Integra Type

0:19S and the FL5 Type R. So what's a very common issue with these cars is their tank

0:26eventually the OEM one does crack because it's plastic. Now I have something to solve that

0:31issue called the Radium Engineering expansion coolant tank. So this works with a 2017 Type R

0:41the FL, so that's an FK8, FL5, DE5 Type S, let's take your Type I here and let's

0:50us just take a quick unboxing. So right off the bat, we already know, at least I do

0:57is that the Radium products are extremely well packaged and made.

1:04You can kind of see it's wrapped so nicely. So let me unwrap everything and show you guys

1:09what's inside the box. All right, so when you first get this product right here, you can see

1:17it's one of those like, wow, it's a very beautiful part. You can see all the thread pitch

1:25right here. This is probably the top part, has all the the goods, the etching.

1:33So one thing about this product here is, there is some assembly, we kind of have to put it

1:40together. But you can tell what, see what I mean by, I think it's the best looking one

1:46just the shape. It's like, there's no like weld and the stuff like that. So I just think it

1:51looks aesthetically beautiful. So you're gonna have to put together, this is probably the most

1:58time-consuming part, to put it in your car isn't too bad. It's kind of getting all these things

2:04torqued down to spec and having it nice and beautiful. So cut to the installation and I'll

2:15have it assembled, at least just the part. I'll show you how to install the part into

2:19the car itself. All right, welcome to my engine bay. It's pretty modified, but

2:34what we need to change is this one right here. So what happens with these OEM ones around this

2:39like plastic weld area, where it basically sandwiches it? They tend to leak over time. This car is kind of

2:50a garage queen. So it's always inside, put 2000 miles a year. So it's still in good condition

2:57but you'll see like foaming at the mouth, I like to say, right there. And just a comparison.

3:05You can see how this goes right here. So I've never changed an expansion coolant tape

3:13but these are pretty straightforward. First you have the line that goes to your

3:19rad. So you can see right there. And there's one big tube underneath as well. So you got one, two

3:28or one, two right there. So the big one that goes underneath right here. And then you

3:35have the one on the on the side, which is this one right here. There's also another one by the

3:43cap. And that just dumps here. It's not under pressure, but you can see right here, it will just dump. So

3:51this one, radium also provides a line that you can kind of shoot out right here too

3:57or a little bit lower. So it doesn't get your engine bay all dirty. So yeah

4:05let's remove this bad boy. All right. So the next thing you have to do is remove this

4:35bracket and this bracket. So this is where the radiator is mounted to. So you got 10 and you

4:40got two 10s right here too. And yeah, slip it out. Put it back in.

5:01All right. So I have everything wrapped up. The coolant lines are all in. a

5:06You can zip tie it. Now I did take out this engine mount, the T 60 bracket.

5:11So for the 14 millimeters, it says 70 foot pounds. I'm just going to do that. But yeah

5:22there you go. It's nice and stalled. You can zip tie to tuck it the way you want.

5:27I'm going to clean up the engine bay, all my oils. I'll tell you this bracket is 10 right here

5:33holding the radium on the bottom. Kind of pan the butt. But yeah, let me clean it up and

5:39then I'll show you some nice beauty shots and fill it up and all that.

5:44Some extra parts I have are some of the bolts that originally held the brackets and the OEM

5:54rad, not coolant expansion tank. So I'm not going to use those anymore.

6:00All right. So that concludes it. We have the radium coolant tank just took around

6:06like a 10 minute drive. Everything looks good. The leaks, the leaks, the main one right there on

6:16the bottom, the leak in this one. And then this one, again, no clamp needed, low pressure.

6:23So you don't need to crank that one at all. And then see if you guys can see that.

6:31So what they recommend is half, over half of it. So that's where it is right now.

6:41It's a little bit over half

6:42and I drove it hard and it's fine. Temperatures are normal. But yeah, sweet.

6:57If you guys are interested, I'll leave a link down below. But I just love the way it looks.

7:02The engine bay looks ridiculous.

7:08I'll catch you guys in the next one. Peace.