[Vwdiesel] Restrictive radiator

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/10/2002 6:28:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
teacher525 at juno.com writes:

> Most likely the cause is the radiator. Has anyone had luck with a
>  radiator shop flushing the radiator to clean it out? I was advised a good
>  radiator shop can do a better job than the do it yourself flushing
>  chemicals.

  That's because they pull the ends and rod them out, unless it's really
minor.  I had mine "tanked" since it was still working fine and I was
just going through the system.  It has a few deposits.  It started to leak
after a couple months.  Whether it was just the tanking or if it was a
combination of that and the 5 year coolant I'm not sure.  Replacing the
coolant with regular green stuff solved most of the new leaks.  The
radiator quit leaking after a couple months.  A new radiator is in the
$100 to $150 range most likely, unless you want to go all brass.
     Loren