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Radiator questions. 200 1988

posted by  rstarkie on  Wed Aug 13 10:22 CST 2003
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You are definitely skating very close to the edge by running the original 15 year old radiator. Even if it is not restricted after all this time it is certainly past its service life. The plastic that it is made out of is brittle and could fail at any moment- especially with the added heat you are experiencing. When it fails you may or may not be aware that your engine's coolant is draining out on the highway. Chances are you will fry it because of coolant loss. You will be posting back about how hard it is or how expensive it is to replace the headgasket and have the head planed. Or you may find that the head is cracked from the heat.

You should replace your radiator with an all metal one. Think NEW.

Randy






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