Sycostang67
Scooty Puff Junior
Five years ago, I bought a new radiator for my 93. I got it from O'reilly Auto parts, Ready-Rad, part number 432194. Two days ago the top tank started leaking around the seam. The radiator has a lifetime warranty so I just planned to replace it. I brought home the new unit, same part number and brand name, open it up and about throw it out the door. When I replaced this the first time, I was pretty annoyed I had to go from a 4 row to a 3 row core. The 3 row worked well though, not a single heating problem in 5 years. Apparently they redesigned it again. The unit I just brought home only has 1 row and tiny tanks. The filler cap has also been shrunk to the size you might find on an 80's import car. It's going to take forever to feed 8 gallons of coolant through a hole the size of a straw. It's not even painted, just bare aluminum...no wait, the side mounting brackets were painted. I find this infuriating, I refuse to put that abortion in my truck. I am taking it back in the morning and will have my current radiator repaired since I know it's clean, it just needs the tank resealed. I also found that the description of the unit is way off from it's actual appearance. The description says 2 row, with plastic tanks when it actually has 1 row with aluminum tanks. I find neither appealing. Am I out of line to expect a replacement of the part I bought and not some cheapened redesign that doesn't appear it will handle near, if any of the abuse of the previous version? I will have one more ordered just to make sure this wasn't misboxed, but I have little hope that is the case. I did the same thing when I got my current radiator as the computer still said 4 row when it was now a 3 row.