[s-cars] What fer brand radiator to get/not get?

[Fred Munro]

I bought OE from the dealer to replace the weeper on my '94 S4, but the
dealer sourced an "aftermarket" rad that was the OE unit with the 4-ring
logo ground off. It cost less than half the price of the "official" Audi
part. I can't recall where they got it - might have been from Autocamping.

Fred Munro
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: December 16, 2009 8:59 AM
To: dbkase at gmail.com
Cc: S-Cars
Subject: Re: [s-cars] What fer brand radiator to get/not get?

OE from the dealership- beware of cheap knockoffs from China.

Otherwise, I'd say Fluidyne, Koyo, etc. if you can find one that will fit
w/o too much fabrication. I'm a firm believer in OE quality all-aluminum
radiators if you can get one that works- reduced temps in my Miata
measurably (now it never gets beyond mid-range even at 95F in a humid summer
with the A/C blasting running extended periods of full throttle)- that type
of abuse used to put temps into the red, I had to cruise and turn the heater
on full blast to cool it down. Same thing with the Corvette- big aluminum
radiator prevents overheating in bumper to bumper traffic in the summertime.

Taka


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:10 PM, <dbkase at gmail.com> wrote:

> she's seepin'...
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