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Originally Posted by mike100
You can successfully clean the radiator- especially if removed ( I did 4 years ago). Even the inside was free of corrosion and no reason it couldn't transfer heat as well as a new unit, but eventually the side tank seal will let go.
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I went through two OEM radiators. In my case both failures were stress crack on the driver side, about 4-5 inches from the top, resulting from heat, expansion and contraction cycling. Sort of similar to aircraft developing stress fracture on the skin due to pressurization/depressurization cycle.