Would You Trust This Radiator?

[Glenn F.]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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[Glenn F.]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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Click on, Robot or Human?

 

[caterpillar guy]

Frankly I don't trust any radiator made of aluminum and plastic like most are now days. I saw to many freith shakers setting in truckstop parking lots in the morning with the radiator leaking like a sieve from a broken pan at either side and antifreeze allover the ground. I often wondered how hot the engine got before it was shut down. After all the guy is sleeping and water is on thew ground.Did they have a low water shut down or a temp shut down or just let'er run till it died.

 

[ASE guy]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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I would not go with the cheapest brand. I would go with a decent brand locally that you can easily get a warranty return on if needed. The joy of a cheap price will wear off pretty quickly if you have to pull it again. 3.3/3.8 engines were a decent engine family and they worked some of the issues out with the 4 speed automatic in those. Check the water pump for leakage while your at it. Those aren't bad to do. Hope this helps.

 

[Texgasser1]

I sold our 2007 dodge grand caravan that was running like a top a few years back. It had 285,000 miles on it.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Trust and good enough for a 2003 Chrysler are 2 different topics imo. I’d try the cheap one just to see what happens.

 

[BradCNY]

I hit a deer many years ago with my old Dodge caravan. Took out radiator and hood and front clip. $75 for new radiator from R*ck auto, and $400 for rest of parts from a junk yard. Radiator was same make as one I pulled from car. Ran that car for years driving 150 miles a day commuting to work.

 

[olddavid]

Bought one for less than $50 from RockAuto in 2016 for my Acura Integra. It's still good.

 

[Keith True]

I have not had any trouble with aluminum radiators just because they were aluminum.Usually when the radiator dies the vehicle is nearing the end of it's practical life anyway.I have seen a lot of trucks losing the composite radiators over the years.A man here with six Freightliners has lost the radiators in every one of them,but he said all were up around two million miles when it happened.I don't think I'd be afraid of a cheapo radiator for a 5000 mile per year car.In 2008 I lost the radiator in my 96 Dodge with a Cummins.OEM was $7-$800 at the time.So I bought an aluminum one for $112. It wasn't the cheapest one,but not the most expensive one either.It still looks like new,and has outlasted the original by a little bit so far.

 

[timcasbolt]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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Wouldn't bother me one bit to put that radiator in that van.

 

[Mule Meat]

Only you need to watch is the number of cores it has. You do not want to pull out a three or four core radiator and replace it with one that has only two.

Myself I would go local for something like that. I have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited that needed a radiator. I ordered one at Advance and when it arrived at the store. I found out that a 99 Grand Cherokee radiator would not fit a 99 Grand Cherokee Limited.

 

[T.R.K.]

About 2 years ago, within 6 months of each other, the radiators in both my 1991 and 1988 chevy pickups began to leak. The 1988 went first. (four years older I guess) I bought a $300+ replacement for it from NAPA. It was a direct bolt-in. OEM style cap, so If I ever need a cap, I can get one.
When the raidator in the 1991 failed, I put in a radiator I ordered off the internet (I forget where.) That raidiator was same mount dimensions as the OEM, but used a non-oem cap, and I have had problems with the oil cooler fittings screwing into the radiator and the 0-rings on the oil cooler side leaking. I finally found some larger cross section o-rings that seemed to solve the oil leak problem.
Just my experience with cheap parts.

 

[Hobo,NC]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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@ $300 a Denso would be the best it would be more along the lines of a direct fit OEM. Advance has a rad for $150 with a lifetime warranty I have not had any issues with Advance are lets say very few. A warranty is useless if its not honored Advance does stand behind it and will honor it. If it were a Honda are toyota it would get a Denso because fit is the most important issue. They use hose to nipple transmission cooler connections, aftermarket rads are just horrible at getting this right its not worth the comeback and they will haunt you.

Next up hoses it may surprise you to find OEM is cheaper than aftermarket. There is a reason aftermarket say to replace the hoses every 4 years its because aftermarket hoses are JUNK!. Oem hoses will last 20 years and a 20 year old OEM hose be better than a new aftermarket hose. The problem with any hose is getting it to seal, a old hose has took a set the clamp must be orientated to the original position are it will leak. If I replace a rad its gets at the least a new upper and lower hose and radiator cap.

Hose clamps I absolutely love original continuous compression clamps and will talk chit about anyone that throws them away and puts a band clap in its place. Anyone that thinks different is a fool as OEM style clamps seal for the lifetime of the hose. Its rare I would not use a OEM hose clamp.

I understand where you are at I use to maintain a fleet of those vans when the trans went out we scrapped them most went to about 275K. All those were V6 any that were 4cyl we never did any expensive repairs. I have one in the woods behind the shop now it was scrapped at 75K it was on its second engine. The parts were so interchangeable on them we thought we would use it for parts but never needed any.

 

[Stephen Newell]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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If the radiator had sat full of fluid for years you might have problems with it. If the vehicle has been recently retired I would trust it.

 

[olddavid]

Hose clamps I absolutely love original continuous compression clamps and will talk chit about anyone that throws them away and puts a band clap in its place. Anyone that thinks different is a fool as OEM style clamps seal for the lifetime of the hose. Its rare I would not use a OEM hose clamp.

This is true. A worm clamp will eventually compress the rubber and be loose. It has to be tightened again. As Hobo said the original type clamps move with the compressing hose maintaining a tight clamp.

 

[Keith True]

The full circle compression clamps are really,really important on plastic hose nipples.The old worm clamps will make a flat spot in the plastic after a while.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Hopefully this link works. Radiator is for a good working 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 207,000 miles on it. Prices for radiators range in price from $60.00 to nearly $300:00! Photos and descriptions are nearly identical (although they can’t be). No idea how long this vehicle’s gonna last. I put on about 5,000 miles/year.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

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If it is not broken I would not fix.

 

[johnnmr]

The plastic tanks usually crack on the front side where the upper hose attaches. Or the gaskets weep when they get some age on them and it gets stupid cold.

I'd buy an O'Reillys radiator with a lifetime warranty or the locally available equivalent.