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FarPoint
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I'm a third owner of my 90 Vanagon (240k miles), and I believe the radiator is original. The side tanks are metal and the bleeder screw is also metal.
Does anybody know if the stock radiators were all metal construction? |
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mankowski
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| AFAIK there was no plastic in mine, if that's what you're asking. Never heard of any other material besides metal or plastic. |
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djkeev
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SCM
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:12 am Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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I put a new radiator in it. What I fully believe to be the original one that I removed had plastic tanks.
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I'm 99% sure mine was original when I replaced it and I'm 90% sure it also had plastic tanks - but that was a while ago.
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kevinm
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| I replaced my original one a few years ago and I recall that it was plastic also. I did not see any difference between the original and the Behr replacement. |
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termuehlen 
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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Here is the original radiator that I pulled out of my 1986 Syncro:
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FarPoint
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| How's the quality of Behr radiators (sold by GW and others)? |
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Steve M.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| FarPoint wrote: |
| How's the quality of Behr radiators (sold by GW and others)? |
Have yet to hear any complaints except they will not install themselves! 
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Jake de Villiers
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:25 am Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| How's the quality of Behr radiators (sold by GW and others)? |
They are very good but I did have a brand new one from Volks Cafe develop a 'yawn' in the bottom three or four rows, followed by leaking.
It was replaced with another that has been working well.
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82westyrabbit
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| My 82 has a metal radiator. I think the metal radiators only came in the vary early vans. I would guess someone put a early radiator in to you late model van. |
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ALIKA T3
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FarPoint
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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| Jake de Villiers wrote: |
| FarPoint wrote: |
| How's the quality of Behr radiators (sold by GW and others)? |
They are very good but I did have a brand new one from Volks Cafe develop a 'yawn' in the bottom three or four rows, followed by leaking.
It was replaced with another that has been working well. |
How many miles do you have on the new radiator? |
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mankowski
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: Radiator |
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AFAIK there was no plastic in mine, if that's what you're asking. Never heard of any other material besides metal or plastic.
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Correcting my earlier reply, above: A visual check now shows, compared to my bad memory, that my original radiator in the 2.1 has black plastic tanks on the side. |
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