Mind sharing which aftermarket ? anyone with experience with "OEM China" ones?

 

Only thing I suggest doing differently is: take off the fans before pulling the radiator. Makes for more room to maneuver things.

 

QFT. There is no reason to fight with the fans when removing the radiator when they're really easy to remove before you get to the radiator itself.

 

anyone got the exact dimensions of our OE radiator?
thanks.

 

The core or the entire unit?

 

The shop wanted measurements like this, so they can look thru their inventory to see if anything fits?

 

PartsGeek has this on their website:



RockAuto has the same dimensions on the same radiator on their website.

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...,radiator,2172 click on info, three of the options include detailed dimensions.

 

Nice, thanks!

anyone tried the economy ones? the shipping is actually more than the radiator itself for me

 

I put in the Spectra Premium from Rockauto about 10 months ago. Fit like a glove, so far so good.

 

The OEM comes with a new tank and hose if you have an 08.

 

I got the second one listed. no issues. been a month. fit perfectly.

 

Anyone know what size bolt he used to plug the Trans Oil lines? I'm glad I saw this, otherwise I'd would hate to refill my oil.

 

If you have old spark plugs laying around, you can use that to plug up the trans oil cooler lines.

 

Quick and Important PSA: WEAR EYE PROTECTION!!!!!! whenever working on the care. I got complacent when it comes to safety.

I got a perfect drop of coolant or tranny fluid in my eye and I spent my weekend flushing my eye out and doing doctor visits. Luckily the fluids were cold.

 

Ah, I toss my plugs... For everyone else looking, I went to the hardware store and picked a couple 1/4 inch diameter bolts. Plug them and put the hose clamps over them and it worked well.. Lost about an ounce of Tranny fluid that was in the radiator thought