Re: Radiator

From: Matt Beazer (teseract@moparhowto.com)
Date: Thu Jul 02 2009 - 23:49:02 EDT


It's a faily nice radiator, aluminum dual row. I picked the one from
Rockauto that showed it as aluminum and that was marked for the 5.2L,
they had others marked "V6" that I suspect might be single row.

I hate working on the cooling system... I keep looking under the truck in
a paranoid manner looking for puddles. That and the whiff of burning off
antifreeze keeps freaking me out, as I never know if it's just a little
spillage from draining/filling it or if something sprung a leak!

It's SO NICE being able to use the A/C again... I need the Taurus fan
installed though since it's pretty weak when sitting at traffic, but
freezes me out when I hit the highway due to the added airflow.

MattB

On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:57:54 -0400, Azie L. Magnusson wrote:

>
> Yo Matt. I too have a 95 that has had cooling problems that were quite
> similar to those you have been having. I bought 3 radiators before I
> got one that "did the job". Been OK for a couple of years now, but the
> point I want to make here is all of the radiators I bought, all had the
> "Barbs" in the container that the radiator was in, but wrapped in
> plastic seperately. I threw the Quick Disconnects away and used rubber
> Gasoline hose. Those Quick Disconnecrts also contained an anti drain
> back valve in them(@ least one of them), so on occasion ever since, the
> torque converter drains and it takes a bit for it to refill upon
> cranking and engaging the tranny, but I don't mind that. It runs cool
> and that is what is important. Glad you got yours going.
>



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