Today my radiator puked

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nosduj
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I was driving in to work this morning when I noticed that my temp gauge was higher than normal, nothing drastic, but a bit higher than it usually sits. I didnt pay attention and kept on going, only to find it continue to rise. So I turned on my heat full blast, which cooled it down a bit. I got to work to find that my radiator was puking out of the seam. The irony is that I just changed out my nasty coolant last weekend, apparently all that crud was holding it together. On the bright side, it was an excuse to get an alum. one.


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gpelite
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lol, yea that probably was what held it together as sad as that is. Aluminum ones are nice as heck but its a pain to remove the old one I hear if you got to work around TT piping or the radiator fan even. I suggest deleting that fan neway. Also I hear mounting the new radiator can be tricky because of mounting points being different on some models of aftermarket radiators for the Z.

good luck with the project

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Woo hoo! An excuse to upgrade

I highly recommend the Koyo Aluminum radiator, fits like a glove. Plus one of our sponsors, Drift Factory, runs awesome deals on them.

nosduj
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It was supposed to be here today, but it isn't. Die fedex.

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nosduj wrote:It was supposed to be here today, but it isn't. Die fedex.
FEDEX, when you absolutely positively don't care when it arives...

a few years ago a bud and myself both ordered out race tires from tire rack on the same day, he paid the extra to get fedex second day, I got ground, I had my tires the next day, his came 2 days later

nosduj
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They also ripped a box appart that contained roughly $400 worth of parts for my jeep. The half of the box with the address was left on my porch. I made a claim on it and it has been 2 months since then, and they still havent paid me.


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