bought a new radiator from ebay for 80$ and just installed it.
couldnt believe how dirty and ugly the old one was. so had to take a pic of it.
also installed a new power steering pump.. so much easier with the radiator out.

 

yea thats why when u actually flush ur coolant. its best to remove 2 12mm bolts and a couple clamps to remove the rad and clean it with your garden hose.

 

my top seal cracked on my old unit..

 

I used a car wash and pressure washed that thing. It died 9 months later when the top tank had a minor crack that just got worse over time.

It's really dirty from that foam insulator thing that goes around the mouth of the radiator.

 

I recently visted a tech at crown lexus in Ontario Ca and he showed me how to remove the rubber between the radiator and air cond condensor and my was half full of dirt I had to pick it out for 2 hours and high powered sprayed in a $2.00 car wash and now it's clean so if you have 100-200,000 miles check down in between the radiator and air condensor for dirt like you see above my was the same my radiator is still working ok so far I use toyota red fluid antifreez and distilled water 50/50 I drain my block and radiator every 2 years and with 241,000 miles I have all the same hoses and radiator I do check it often due to age . Remember you have to cool the transmission and engine and if your radiator looks like the one above expect PROBLEMS OF OVER HEATING BOTH.

 

hey can you tell me what store/seller you bought it from on ebay and tell me how it is holding up? I need to purchase one because mine is bad.

 

I have seen 2 instance of radiators looking almost that bad on the LS models my family owns. My initial reaction was that it looked as if they had been in a flood!!

 

A radiator looking like this also can cause over heating especially in the summer time with or without A/C on.