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Autozone/O'reilly Radiator Warning

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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 09:10 AM
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Autozone/O'reilly Radiator Warning

Just figured I'd post this up for people thinking of going with the cheap aluminum/plastic radiator from them. I had this happen to me this morning:

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it cracked at the seam in the plastic. Not expecting much being that its just some cheap aluminum/plastic radiator, but i expected a little more than 18,151 miles out of it.

I already contacted Davez offroad about hooking me up with a 3 row all metal radiator. Im going to contact autozone about this one here in a sec.

Not saying this is the deal with all of their radiators. ( I drove for 4 hours straight last night, and temperatures got down into the low 30s last night. thats cold here in sacramento ) So the long drive and then instantly cooled probably had something to do with the stress cracking / seperation.
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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The upgrade:

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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 02:06 PM
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Don't Autozone parts have a lifetime warranty? If so, get a new one, then sell it to make up some of the money!
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Old Feb 18, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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where did you get the all metal rad? and how much? i'm looking for one for my swap.. do not like the plastic tanks.
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Old Feb 19, 2012 | 06:49 AM
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Davez offroad sells them. davezoffroadperformance.com
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