Today at work my shop chief called me and asked if I had seen my truck recently? Kinda confused me, then he said cause theres a river of fluid running from underneath it! HaHaHa! I didn't think it so funny, but went to take a look at it and had anti freeze all under the truck. The lower tube/flange on the radiator broke off. So I JB welded it and it seems to be holding to get me home , but I noticed a bunch of growth. It is a white chalky substance and was curious if I should just get a new radiator or is there a good chemical to flush the system with? I can get a new radiator for $226. What ya'll think I should do?

 

go to a radiator shop have them flush it with steam and a chemical and also repair the broken end i had the same thing happen and the same stuff inside the shop cleaned it repaired it and repainted it just like new.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. My buddies girlfriend's father.......'s, babies moma's cousin. Owns a radiator distribution "deal". Said he could sell me the new radiator for $226; retails for a little over 300 normally. I kinda figured he could do better than that, but I am just the friend of a friend. Anyways, thanks for the info. We'll see what they say. Oh, at some point before I got the truck the fan hit the radiator and flattened a lot of the fins in the shape of the fan, So.....?

 

just make sure the end tanks are still metal not plastic alot of the cheap replacements are plastic and are garbage

 

I would just go ahead and get a new radiator. That's pretty cheap.

 

Yea, if its plastic tanks, no way I'm gonna get it. Thanks again for the tips. I guess there is nothing out there that is a good clean-out chemical for the do-it-yourselfer? Thanks!