Any plastic tank radiator over 10 years old is on borrowed time. Chances are it was just its time. I'm rather fond of Nissens radiators. I've never had a problem with one ( although I've heard of a number of people having problems with them if they ran Dexcool ) and on most applications they have more tubes and fins than the stock radiator.
---------Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So my 20 year old took the 300SD along with 3 friends up the Kingsbury grade > to Lake Tahoe for the festivities yesterday in 106 degree heat - almost > three thousand feet elevation change over the eight miles. He was about 400 > feet > from summit when he noticed temp gauge, pulled over and just as he turned > key off he heard a pop and then it started spewing. He denies it being in > the > red zone, and he knew not to turn the A/C on at all as a bearing is going > bad > in the blower. > > Dad's mobile service arrived to find about five inches of the black plastic > radiator top had indeed blown off. I thought the expansion tank cap should > guard against such occurrence. Is that correct? Had my cap gone wrong? > Anybody else experienced or heard of this happening? > > I'm gonna do new radiator, hoses, thermostat and cap, but I notice Rusty has > a Behr and a Neissens (sp?). Are these interchangeable, and any advantage > of one over the other? Pretty straightforward job? Anything else I should > replace while into it? > > Is blower replacement a manageable job on the 126, or did they build the car > around the blower like they did on my 108? > > As long as I'm asking questions, anybody know of a good 107 list? > > Thanks for any thoughts on this. > > Steve > 300SD > 250SE > 220 > 450SLC > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
