Posted by Brad Gyde on April 18, 2011 at 19:41:39 from (107.28.226.100):
In Reply to: Aluminum Radiators posted by 37chief on April 18, 2011 at 19:01:44:
All I can say is you'll usually get what you paid for.
We put a "cheap" new radiator in a 01 Chevy Impala last summer.. temp ran funny, trans lost fluid (which it never did before) and the anti freeze took on a "milky" look within 100 miles. Flushed and refilled, same thing instantly.
Pulled the rad, sent it back, got a new one.. SAME EXACT THING.. Lasted less than 100 miles.
Car belonged to a good friend, ended up buying a rad that cost $100 more (about $289, I think) and it has been about 10k miles now..
The first 2 radiators came from some "mail order" garbage.. as my dad insists on buying cheap $h!t.. Someday, I pray he wakes up and realizes he don't save a dime.. if anything, it costs him money.. Then, when he takes on a job fixing for someone else, he insists on doing the same. I order all my parts from either OEM or NAPA.. Don't like what it costs? Don't bring it to me then. I've had good luck with NAPA parts, as well as most OEM's.
The bad radiator also ended up costing a tranny too.. Partially the rad's fault, but moreso my friend's fault, as he refused to have a flush done because "The tranny builds more pressure than the radiator, so it's never get anti-freeze in the transmission".. Not until you turn the key off anyhow.. tranny loses pressure as soon as it isn't turning, a radiator holds pressure for a while.
If you see my post in Tractor Talk about the bad running 07 pickup, I said this: "NO MORE CHEAP PARTS" after we chased a problem for nearly a week, and ended up changing a previously replaced distributor cap that was only 6 months old.. Because it was $9.00 cheaper than a Delco cap.. (but gee, all that time spent figuring out the issue was worth way more than the initial savings)
My 2 cents worth.. Sorry for the long post/rant.. I know exactly what you mean about prices of stuff.. Just got done putting $800 into a IP and injectors, and $500 into a recore on a radiator for my big tractor.. and it's still not completely fixed.. Just hate to see people cut corners, and usually hurts the wallet worse when a person decides to do so.
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