KA24E/DE Radiators - Differences?

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elbles
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Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 10:15 am
Car: 1990 Nissan 240SX SE Fastback
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Hi,

I got to school yesterday after having some fun (with another S13 240 following really close on my way through some nice, twisty, high speed roads, lots of fun), and I heard a hissing sound coming from my engine bay. So I'm thinking, oh s!@# . . . I open the hood, and see steam coming out like crazy from what turned out to be a very tiny pinhole in the top part of my radiator. It turns out the hood had been hitting the radiator, putting dents in it (the dents were in the car when I bought it almost a year ago, never thought much of it); I just looked at the mounting, and it looks like it's mounted fine, just the wrong radiator. Does anyone have any pictures of both a KA24E (my car) radiator, versus the KA24DE radiator? I've seen a few pics of a KA24DE stock radiator, and it looks an awful lot like mine, including a pertrusion right where mine is hitting the hood; I'm assuming that I just have the DE radiator, but before I go out and spend $150 to fix the mistake of the moron mechanic who owned the car last, I just want to make sure. Thanks, in advance!

BTW, this car is getting "Christine" vanity plates ASAP . . . it truly is the devil of automobiles. :-(


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