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Get an all metal (no plastic tanks on the sides) American made radiator
next time. |
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On 8 Mar 2005 06:07:45 -0800, > wrote:
> Get an all metal (no plastic tanks on the sides) American made radiator > next time. > The shipping on that to the UK's going to be a bit prohibitive. |
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"jw 1111111" > wrote in message news > The very thin horizontal cooling fins in my (94 corolla) Radiator are > disintegrating and dropping out, and are very brittle. > > The upright tubes carrying the coolent in the radiator still seem o.k. This > radiator i bought new about four years ago, admittedly quite cheap, but > should it be doing this? > Move inland away from the salt laden sea breezes. Barring that, Rinse the radiator fins with fresh water on a regular basis. As for your old radiator, replace it, you are losing much of the cooling capacity of the radiator with the fins turning into powder. Been there, overheated that. Erich |
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OK then get an all metal European made radiator.
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On 9 Mar 2005 07:13:54 -0800, > wrote:
> OK then get an all metal European made radiator. > Bit pointless in the UK, the plastic tanked ones seem to outlast the cores. |
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