Sealing the areas around the radiator

[chipX]

Originally Posted by stevey_frac

Ooo.. Found the seal in Picture 2. On top of the radiator. Goodness, I need to get glasses.

No, you dont. Or infact, we both probably do.
I spent at least 2 or 3 mins looking at the piccies, then i concluded the OP must of made a mistake and uploaded the same picture twice.
Now you point it out.... lol

[pasadena_commut]

Originally Posted by Daox

That looks like an exhaust manifold heat shield touching the foam. Is it? Seems like a special very high temperature foam would be needed to do that safely. The regular sorts of sealing foams are going to release awful fumes if heated to exhaust temperatures, and they might even go up in flames.

[Daox]

I sure hope most cars exhaust manifolds aren't that close to the radiator! To answer your question, no that is simply part of the frame.

[pasadena_commut]

Originally Posted by Daox

I sure hope most cars exhaust manifolds aren't that close to the radiator! To answer your question, no that is simply part of the frame.

Ah good. The exhaust manifold on my Protege5 is on the front side of the motor near the radiator. However, it isn't as close to the radiator as is the frame in your picture.