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Another plastic radiator failure 200 1991

posted by  oty on  Tue Oct 15 05:53 CST 2002
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Plastic radiator began to leak in my wifes 240 last year. Just a small seap and was concealed for some time. About the same time I noted antifreeze staining and crusting around the head gasket above the number one spark plug. Suspecting
a bad head gasket, I removed the head and had it trued (it wasn't out of tolerance very much). When removing the radiator I noted the seaping seams on the sides. Don't know if these were related, or not. Got a all metal three core radiator and installed it after the shaved head was installed. Used a new head bolts even though Bentley says the ones can be reused for several times, after all, for $60.00 it's pretty inexpensive insurance.

Haven't noted any problems a year later.

1993 245 110K, 1990 240 71k, 1989 245 148k






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