My rad in my 89 sport had plastic tanks as well. It lasted about 3 years
then started leaking around the seals. That went on for another 3 years
with multiple cans of stop leak until I got fed up and replaced it with a
metal tanked unit from Modine. That was a full sized rad (as opposed to
the economy size that was in there for $275.00 Canadian. You should be
looking at around $200.00 US max for the rad and maybe another $60.00 for
new hoses, thermostat and Antifreeze. There is no such thing as a cast
iron rad.
Brian Cleary
bcleary@interlog.com
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> From: Greg Opland <opland@saifr00.ateng.az.honeywell.com>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Plastic Radiator??
> Date: April 1, 1997 6:42 PM
>
>
> Geeze, I must be out of it.
>
> >From what the Dodge dealer here in Phoenix just told me,
> my TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD plastic radiator has a split
> in it. So...I can either pay $525 for a new PLASTIC radiator
> or I can get an aftermarket cast iron one for $364 (this is
> all parts only). In the desert, plastic has a crappy shelf
> life, so the fact that it got brittle and split isn't a
> big surprise. I'd rather not do another two years only to
> have to replace the overpriced cheapo plastic radiator
> (assuming I have the truck that long), so...
>
> Can anyone give me a good reason NOT to go with the cast
> iron version?
>
> TIA.
> G.
>
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