Radiator performance? Life expectancy?
Just thought I'd put this out to you guys, since you are all so smart!! :B Truck in sig, getting old. 393,500 K on the odometer. (244,509 miles) I noticed while towing 8000 pounds of trailer in ...
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Yes, your rad is clogging. That has been happening since mile zero.
New ones are cheap. Get a new one, don't ask questions. 300000is a lot of miles on one. These big trucks have really capable radiators, so it can get half clogged and still work fine most of the time.
You can flush it and free up some space, but it is old and other issues with them is they can leak, and you cant flush that issue away.
Get a new one.
Don't mix metals. If heater core is aluminum then get aluminum radiator. If copper then copper…
New ones are cheap. Get a new one, don't ask questions. 300000is a lot of miles on one. These big trucks have really capable radiators, so it can get half clogged and still work fine most of the time.
You can flush it and free up some space, but it is old and other issues with them is they can leak, and you cant flush that issue away.
Get a new one.
Don't mix metals. If heater core is aluminum then get aluminum radiator. If copper then copper…
