Not replying to my own post, but I did get an email back from previous
owner, bob Bartch (does anyone remember him from days of yore on
Peugoet L?)
"OK, the radiator shop I went to said it was a "serpentine core"
which I think means that the water comes in one side and then reaches
the other end and does a 180 and goes back and forth that way. To me
that means that if you pulled off the tanks, you would NOT see holes
going thru the core (that could be "rodded") , but instead you would
see a bunch of curled over tubes pretty much like you do on AC
condensers. Looking back I see you said " re cored". Well nobody
that I could find had a core for it, only "new" radiators at $500
(yikes). Now one thing I noticed from going to the Santa Cruz website
was that the 85 and 86 were different radiators even though both had
the 2.5 liter, so…. I think the 85 did not have enough radiator for
the 2.5 engine. In Europe yes, but not in CA where it's hotter. In
fact, the US bumpers go down much lower than Euro bumpers and block a
lot of needed air as well, making an airdam critical."
so I guess it can't be rerodded or recored, or re...
comments?
Tony
On 6/16/05, Tony O <bonesinsc@gmail.com> wrote:
> All this talk of recoring has me wondering,what exactly is involved in
> recoring a radiator?
>
> and part of the reason I asked about what to do - is that I wanted to
> know if there is an real reason one can not substitute another
> radiator of similar capacity and size from another vehicle, let's say?
>
> curious,
> -George
>
> On 6/16/05, Pug NZ <pug-yahoo2@azorah.co.nz> wrote:
> > I have had them recored, but it depends on the state of the tank.
> > Sometimes one or other of the tanks will be no good, so you can either
> > get another tank from another radiator. You might also be able to get a
> > metal tank on it if there is something suitable. It really depends on if
> > you can find two plastic tanks that last the recored process.
> > Kevin
> >
> > Otis Keith wrote:
> >
> > >I was told that because it has plastic tanks it could not be re-cored by
> > three shops, the last one said that it was bunk. He did an excellent job
> > and it has not had any problems since, about three years now.
> > >
> > >
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