Radiator leaking and other problems, radiator Options

[m2736185]

A few days ago I realized there was a puddle of coolant under my car so I opened the hood to investigate. There was coolant on the top edge of the radiator and towards the bottom of the car. I took the car

for a spin to figure out where the leak is then I noticed a pin sized hole steam was coming out of on the top plastic part of the radiator...but there is no way all that coolant could come from that little hole. I

took a hole and washed all the coolant off the radiator then waited for my car to warm up. Steam smelling like coolant seemed to be coming from throughout the radiator and the little whole. I am trying to

figure out if I should just put of of those radiator fix it things in there or if I need to replace the entire radiator. Another bizzare thing happened my car took a good 30 seconds to start. Usually it starts up right

away. I hope it has nothing to do with the head gasket. The car has about 197k everything is original. Any ideas?

[m2736185]

So the fan was not coming on even when the engine was over heating so I removed the plug to the cooling fan switch sensor and the fan turned on. I assumed the sensor was bad and replaced it with a new one at autozone, but when I plugged it back in the fan still did not turn on until I disconected the plug again. Now, I am unsure what is causing the car to over heat...the pine size hole on top of the radiator or the fan

This post has been edited by m2736185: Jan 19, 2012 - 4:58 PM