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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#1Flyboy is right and here's why.
Brass radiators have fragile copper heatsinks. I've have seen far too many cases where a brass radiator looks good but the heat sinks are all but disconnected.
And hydraulic fan controls that malfunction windmill rather than spin. Blocking 70% of the airflow. Quicksilver has a differential driven fan gearbox. And a 9 blade Horton Fan that will damned near knock you off your feet. Five-row radiator and has functioned well in 122F ambient. A hell of a lot better than the diver :(
Brass radiators have fragile copper heatsinks. I've have seen far too many cases where a brass radiator looks good but the heat sinks are all but disconnected.
And hydraulic fan controls that malfunction windmill rather than spin. Blocking 70% of the airflow. Quicksilver has a differential driven fan gearbox. And a 9 blade Horton Fan that will damned near knock you off your feet. Five-row radiator and has functioned well in 122F ambient. A hell of a lot better than the diver :(
