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kevinr1970 · 07-14-2006, 02:37 AM

I need a radiator for one of my Blazers.
On CL today there is a guy advertising 2 for an '83 K5. Says one is well used but still good, but the other one is almost brand new, was still in the box.
So when I get there and he pulls out the radiators the "new" one is Aluminum. He says its a two-core, but it is as wide/thick (front-to-back) as the 3 or 4 core radiator from my Suburban. It has plastic tanks on each side.

It looked pretty nice except a few scuffs across some of the cooling fins so I bought it.
My question is is this radiator a good fit to be used for a daily driver with no AC? What about with AC?
Any info is appreciated.

07-14-2006, 02:37 AM	#1
kevinr1970 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,316	Aluminum Radiators I need a radiator for one of my Blazers. On CL today there is a guy advertising 2 for an '83 K5. Says one is well used but still good, but the other one is almost brand new, was still in the box. So when I get there and he pulls out the radiators the "new" one is Aluminum. He says its a two-core, but it is as wide/thick (front-to-back) as the 3 or 4 core radiator from my Suburban. It has plastic tanks on each side. It looked pretty nice except a few scuffs across some of the cooling fins so I bought it. My question is is this radiator a good fit to be used for a daily driver with no AC? What about with AC? Any info is appreciated. __________________ 2009 Honda Fit CfC (bsf 44.9 mpg) 2000 Tahoe Limited 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 2wd, will end up swb, not dually and replace CCswb below 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 4x4, just going to fix things up for now 1982/1989 K5/GMC Jimmy 2wd 1987 GMC 1/2 ton swb 2wd Crew (sold)



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