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CarGuru > Chrysler > Radiator Revisited 7 February 2005 20:49:38

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Radiator Revisited

Richard 5 February 2005 16:05:26
 Well my 01 Cruiser's (64,000 miles) radiator and thermo were leaking. Picked
up a local thermo at the dealer and order an Asian radiator for $99.00 off
e-bay. A local cooler specialty shop did the work for $200 less than the
dealer.

They found the radiator had been installed improperly mostly leading to its
failure. BUT, they had to flush out my motor coolant twice because of all
the dirt they found in the system. Very unusual they said. I have only used
mineral free water and Chrysler coolant (100,000 mile stuff).

Perhaps the factory coolant is not what it is cracked up to be (or perhaps
its that Mexican water). If you own a Cruiser you may want to flush and
change the coolant sooner than later. By the way, they found changing the
thermo much harder to do than just about any other vehicle they have worked
on; hard to get to.

Richard.


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Daniel J. Stern 5 February 2005 19:12:46 permanent link ]
 On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, Richard wrote:
Well my 01 Cruiser's (64,000 miles) radiator and thermo were leaking.> Picked up a local thermo at the dealer and order an Asian radiator for> $99.00 off e-bay.

Oof. I wouldn't have used an Asian one.

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Bill Putney 5 February 2005 19:45:56 permanent link ]
 Richard wrote:> ...By the way, they found changing the> thermo much harder to do than just about any other vehicle they have worked > on; hard to get to.

Seems to be a late model Chrysler trait. 2nd gen, LH cars are known for
the difficulty of replacing the thermostats. I was happy to pay a shop
over $350 labor to replace my 2.7L LH thermostat - and after my
abandoned attemp to do it myself, I was glad to pay it. Ridiculous.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')
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Richard 7 February 2005 20:49:38 permanent link ]
 
"Bill Putney" <bptn@kinex.net> wrote in message
news:cu2pnl$nn6$1@n­ews.isdn.net...> Richard wrote:>> ...By the way, they found changing the>> thermo much harder to do than just about any other vehicle they have >> worked on; hard to get to.>
Seems to be a late model Chrysler trait. 2nd gen, LH cars are known for > the difficulty of replacing the thermostats. I was happy to pay a shop > over $350 labor to replace my 2.7L LH thermostat - and after my abandoned > attemp to do it myself, I was glad to pay it. Ridiculous.>
Bill Putney> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my > adddress with the letter 'x')

To change plugs on the Cruiser you have to pull the throttle body. A ten min
job just became a 2 hour job. But it looks cute; right?

Richard.


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