Well guys I need your help here deciding what to do.
My rad is leaking and need to get it fixed. In my local area I have been to 2 rad shops and 3 suppliers with varying info fed to me? One rad shop says to re-core the one I have, the other says to just replace the whole thing as the plastic tanks get brittle over time. All three of the auto parts suppliers suggested a different brand of replacement and all 5 quotes were between $400-430cdn. Now my delima I can get one delivered from a online dealer on ebay for roughly 1/2 the money including exchange and duties so??????
Should I be afraid of the online dealer, like am I getting what I pay for? What do you think?

 

As long as it is a quality/name brand part and is packaged right, I'd go for it.

 

When my rad went out, it was leaking from the joint between the plastic tanks and main frame. Not fixable said the shop. I looked on E-Bay, and found a lot of differences between the offerings. The main one to look for is the number of rows in the rad, some had only one row, the stock ones have three. Price varies accordingly.

 

Like baja said they usually leak around the plastic tanks so theres no way to really fix it.
Id look for a good name radiator since you dnt want to do this job again any time soon.
Also I hear cummins has some radiator fluid they sell thats got some addtives to reduce cavitation in the water jacket and no silicates. Anyone got an opinion on that? I gotta flush my system soon thought I might give it a try.

 

Yeah this is one of the ones I was thinking of going with
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1994-...spagenameZWD1V
I was hoping some guys would post up their experiences with the different ones they used and maybe post up the nanes of the companys.
Radsrus is a rad shop also on the list any one use them?

 

Looks good, but I would contact the seller and ask how many rows it has. I may be wrong, but it seems pretty inexpensive for a full three row unit.

 

I use Fleetguard DCA4 and test strips once a year on all my diesels, works for me. Buy them from Cummins or from here for the same price http://www.shopdiesel.com/index.cfm/...uct_id/453.htm

 

www.radiatorexpress.com 3 row replacement for $264.00 I've had mine in for 2 months, fit great and no problems.

 

I like the Modine radiators, brass preferbly, and I have the BG flush done on mine every couple years with the BG product and distilled water.

 

Baja ~ thanks for the tip I will give him a call.
Mainemike100 ~ thanks for the info I will contact them also.
pull-do ~ any idea on the Modine price? (I can imagine not cheap)