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LTb1ow
11-07-2016, 05:07 PM
General n00b question, but is there a option above the pep boys special for these things? For some reason my car likes to kill them. :bertstare:
LS1ow
11-07-2016, 05:23 PM
Moroso makes them.
WildBillyT
11-07-2016, 06:03 PM
Stant being a Pep Boys special?
LTb1ow
11-07-2016, 06:15 PM
Yes, I had gotten one to replace a shot stocker and no less than two years later its leaking.
BonzoHansen
11-07-2016, 06:36 PM
AC Delco?
LTb1ow
11-07-2016, 06:48 PM
AC Delco?

From a dealer?
BonzoHansen
11-07-2016, 06:50 PM
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-12R10-Professional-P-S-I-Radiator/dp/B000IYT1DU
DirtyBird
11-07-2016, 09:10 PM
Junkyard original
LTb1ow
03-05-2018, 07:14 PM
So to bump this up, yet again car is leaking from between rad neck seal face and rad cap.

Overflow is not blocked and hose is not kinked.

Any ideas on why these things die so fast?
KirkEvil
03-05-2018, 07:53 PM
lower pressure rating than stock?
LTb1ow
03-05-2018, 07:57 PM
Nope, stock 18psi cap

Just gonna replace the rad and cap on Weds I think
KirkEvil
03-05-2018, 07:58 PM
time for a vertical griffin rad
Blackbirdws6
03-05-2018, 08:24 PM
Very strange. Still using oem cap.
MDSheds_SS
03-05-2018, 08:26 PM
I’m on my 3rd one as well, exactly the same issue. I actually have a spare in the car now. Running the 18psi Delco one from Amazon.
ThoR294
03-09-2018, 06:19 AM
Try for a true delco one. Amazon looks like they are throwing motorad ones in delco boxes. Try rockauto or ebay
LTb1ow
03-09-2018, 05:08 PM
Got new radiator, new hoses, and a new cap installed.

RIP 1995 OEM rad
https://i.imgur.com/t6ZELZCl.jpg
ThoR294
03-10-2018, 08:27 AM
Lol it's always crazy how radiators can look so damaged but not leak and still cool adequately
wretched73
03-11-2018, 12:23 PM
What's the inside of that thing look like?
LTb1ow
03-11-2018, 01:41 PM
What's the inside of that thing look like?

Full of sludge.