My radiotor keeps developing spontanious leaks soI figured I'd put a new one in this winter when I rebuild my engine.
So I came accross this Silla all aluminum radiator (tanks & cores) for only $170 w/ lifetime warrenty. Anyone heard anything about these?

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/de...85c7ab9e&gan=1

Sill Radiatorhttp://www.autopartswarehouse.com/de...85c7ab9e&gan=1

 

I just bought a new radiator from Performance Radiators and was going to get an Aluminium radiator but after talking to theme I decided to go with copper/brass, for the simple reason that Aluminium/plastic radiators are glued together, and if anything but proper (distiled water, and coolant) are used there is a potential to degrade the glue, copper/brass is more forgiving if you have to do some McGuivering on the trail.

 

ya.. that's why i was asking about an ALL Aluminum radiator - no plastic tanks

 

I just had an aluminum radiator installed in my '92 Runner (3.0) today. It replaced the old (ORIGINAL!) radiator. I only have 113,550 miles on her (really!), but I went with aluminum as it is cheaper, lighter, and compatible with Toyota Red coolant.

I just spent the last 48hrs. reading about coolants, radiators, etc... and I'm going with an aluminum radiator due to the cost/weight and Toyota Red coolant to help preserve the iron engine block. Red (supposedly) does a better job preserving iron then Green coolant. Red Toyota coolant retails for $20-$26 bucks!

But I dunno... there is a used 4Runner radiator on craigslist here in the Bay area for $50... I might just go buy it in case I want to switch back to the original brass/copper/metal radiator with lead soldering. But I'ma gonna give the aluminum one a chance first.

Required Reading: https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...nt-faq-192781/





-Tom

 

Thanks for the info, I hadn't read any of that about the coolant before, good to know. I've always been running green :/

I'm thinking about either:

This one from ebay


-OR-

Or this one from Silla

with: Zinc Anode Kit

Plus I'll probably use some isolating bushings to keep the radiator from going to ground to further decrease any chance of electrolysis and I might look into some water-less coolant. I know that if I used distilled water it won't conduct, but with it coming in contact with iron, steel and aluminum at both cold and hot temperatures I can't help but imagine that the distilled water will slowly take on conductive properties. If I'm flat out wrong about this please let me know.