Car made a loud ticking noise then it shut off and where the radiator hose goes into the radiator it was cracked what kind of damage

Asked by jroguin Oct 08, 2018 at 11:21 PM about the 2007 Buick Lucerne V6 CXL FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car made loud ticking noise then it shut off
and where the hose comes out of the
plastic radiator a chunk broke off what kind
of damage can I expect

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10,500

My guess is maybe one of the radiator cooling fans either broke or something got caught in the motor side one and that was the ticking noise....then it was thrown out and hit the radiator connector and broke it.

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