bazookatooth

Hi guys, band new here and first time CL owner. The car just started to over heat very badly fearing the worst I pulled over immediately and was relieved to find coolant all over the engine compartment and a busted hose.

You'll need to forgive my ignorance i'm very much a novice here but i'll do my best to describe from here.

The hose is a thick black one coming form the top of the radiator and going into the drivers side of the engine block. it was secured by a single clamp that fit around the hose. The problem is the piece of the radiator that the hose and clamp fit over was plastic and brittle. I tried to pull the hose and clamp back over this but it just broke again, now there is not enough left so my guess is there is no other option but to replace the entire radiator?

Any suggestions would be great.

Do i need to replace the radiator if so, is there a preferred vendor, online where i might save some money over the local big box parts store.

Also is there a guide posted somewhere here that I can do this myself? again I'm not the most mechanically inclined person, but I think this job doesnt look all that difficult, and Im wanting to try.

Thanks so much in advance