New Radiator
Recently I had an issue with the radiator in my 2000 american eagle. The radiator needs to be replaced. I am wonder if anyone could give me their opinon on the differance between a brass radiator and ...
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Short of long story- I have a 2001 Monaco Knight (with aluminum radiator) and after spending 13 hours at mile marker #32 on the I-10 just outside Quartzsite was towed by Good Sam to Salome Motors in Salome. (Could not get a call out due to lightening and no Hwy Patrol ever stopped to help, cutbacks)Good Sam finds this shop and he says he repairs RV's. They could not find anything in Q.
The owner lets me park on his lot for 2 weeks in 116 heat in June while he repairs my radiator etc. He said bolts from my water pump jiggled off and broke the fan and all punctured the radiator. Well, seems no one will repair aluminum radiators in Arizona, so he has a copper one built in Phoenix, total job $4400. Right away my diesel pusher is running hotter (temp out of shop is 200 which I questioned and used to be 175)So I keep over heating and figure something is wrong as I must stop every while to cool down. I'm now in Colorado and he says bring it back in, really? We worked out I could in January. Fast forward January, he finds nothing wrong and does not know why. I take it to MDS Diesel Service in El Cajon, CA. They say it should have NEVER had a copper radiator and by the way the guy put the fan in backwards and one of the blades is broken. So $5100 and a few days later I get a new aluminum radiator. I've been 10,000 miles all over the Maritimes and east coast and NO overheating. Now I'm in this for almost $10k total. Salome refuses to reimburse me. Your comments confuse me because of my experiences. Being a single RV'er I must say this happens often with my road repairs. Tired of taking it, Help.
The owner lets me park on his lot for 2 weeks in 116 heat in June while he repairs my radiator etc. He said bolts from my water pump jiggled off and broke the fan and all punctured the radiator. Well, seems no one will repair aluminum radiators in Arizona, so he has a copper one built in Phoenix, total job $4400. Right away my diesel pusher is running hotter (temp out of shop is 200 which I questioned and used to be 175)So I keep over heating and figure something is wrong as I must stop every while to cool down. I'm now in Colorado and he says bring it back in, really? We worked out I could in January. Fast forward January, he finds nothing wrong and does not know why. I take it to MDS Diesel Service in El Cajon, CA. They say it should have NEVER had a copper radiator and by the way the guy put the fan in backwards and one of the blades is broken. So $5100 and a few days later I get a new aluminum radiator. I've been 10,000 miles all over the Maritimes and east coast and NO overheating. Now I'm in this for almost $10k total. Salome refuses to reimburse me. Your comments confuse me because of my experiences. Being a single RV'er I must say this happens often with my road repairs. Tired of taking it, Help.
