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anyone heard anything about this brand?. good or crappy?.

Double_B

Lets see if we can get him an answer without whoring the thread?


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imported_djtrini

I have it in my car, it works great, no fitament issues at all.

Some issues i've had with mine:

Return line for the overflow resovoir (nipple fitting) broke right off, and I had to plug it with a scew.

And the drain plug, its kind of cheap. Made from plastic. Mine actually broke off inside the thread.

So if you do get this radiator, i'd reccomend not putting any stress on the over flow return nipple... and Changing that drain plug to either a wing nut, or a brass Nut. I changed mine to a brass nut. When I drain my rad now I just pull off the lower rad hose.

Hope this helps.


Travis

zeeman

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wow, for the money, i'd just get a fluidyne rad. They're proven to work good without major issues.
I'd consider djtrini's issues to be pretty major, i mean, you NEED an overflow resivoir and you NEED to be able to drain the coolant out of the rad without breaking stuff....and pulling the lower rad hose off every time you need to drain the coolant isn't exactly an efficient way of doing so, especially considering rads are built with a drain **** in them.

imported_djtrini

Yea right now my brother is trying to find me a 1/4 brass barb fitting to tap into the spot the nipple used to be for the overflow tank. Hopefully that solves that issues.

As for the Drain plug issue, I did what I had to do to stop it from leaking.

Ohh and reason I haven't gotten it warrantied, is because Streetimports would like to see me get some JB weld from Canadian tire to see if it fixes the nipple being broken off first. !!!!

zeeman

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they wanna see you JB weld it first?!?!?!?
Why?...so they can then turn around and tell you NO b/c you tried to fix it yourself.
I'd maybe go to another autorized Yonaka distributor (there are plenty around here) and see if they could help you out. I mean, they'll prolly just send it back to them, leaving you without a rad for a while, but i doubt the place you bought it from would do any better for ya.