the radiator is shot in my 94 2.2L. i found a few new ones that are pretty cheep on ebay and rockauto.com. anyone every try these cheaper units out? i thought about getting a used OEM unit.....but who's to say that wont spring a leak too. these cars arent getting any younger.
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Yeah, it should be fine. usually as cars get older, and parts are more and more common, they will become cheaper and cheaper. If Rockauto has it, I think u will be fine.
Never bought one for the Crapalier, but bought one for my 93 Blazer (rockauto) and honestly it was excellent. Fit right in and was very well built, completly aluminum and suprisingly very light (until it was filled with coolant of course). I'd say go for it.
light....thats what i was afraid of. a light radiator is opposite of what you'd think. the lighter it is, the less internal material it is made out of........which mean less surface area to off heat transfer. now, its not like im building a performance machine here....i just need it to get me to work and back lol. so even though it is cheaply made, it probably will do the trick.
actually... that's ^^^ the old school of thought. when radiators were made of brass. you can make an aluminum radiator twice as efficient as a brass radiator for half the weight.
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I replaced my radiator and heater for my 87 mazda trk in 2010 and got from auto zone and it was alum with plastic and I was like uh ok.The orig had metal casing and heavier.But the good side was being it is plastic it heats up quicker and cools down quicker a major plus during certain times of the year.Truck warms fast granted I installed a new therm and new hoses,but it was time and waterpump as well(leaking).System works more effeciently now than it ever did,granted the age of the old parts factored into this as well as the wp.Advance and auto zone are about the same on cost of radiators and pretty decent.
I got a good deal through 1-800-RADIATOR might wanna see if their in your area. i have had it in the car for many years now with no problems.
Actually, funny i posted on this because friday night i got home, noticed i was peeing coolant, found a hair crack in my radiator, yanked and installed a brand new radiator, new pressure tank cap, and new all makes/models coolant for a little less then 110 so i think u will be just fine with a 100 rad.
CASEY HELLING wrote:light....thats what i was afraid of. a light radiator is opposite of what you'd think. the lighter it is, the less internal material it is made out of........which mean less surface area to off heat transfer. now, its not like im building a performance machine here....i just need it to get me to work and back lol. so even though it is cheaply made, it probably will do the trick.
It was lighter then the old one mainly because the sides of the assembly is not steel, but aluminum (with a plastic shrodding) it was very strong did not flex at all and has honestly didn't look any different from the original minus update housing and connector/fittments. It also been running in the truck just fine with a new water pump.
95% of new rads will have solid platic tanks for cheaper coat and better profit. Just bc there platic means nothing. I had a 1983 Olds Delta 88 5.0 v8 running with a rad that was lighter then the original and had platic tanks and it was perfectly fine. I think u are putting way too much thought into it.
Try www.radiatorbarn.com
I just ordered a radiator for my girlfriends 2003 Mazda Protege... they give a life time warranty
it was not as expensive as local parts store and the dealer (who wanted $300)
