Ferrari Mailing List: Re: end of cleaning of radiator saga

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

You can't tell the condition of a radiator from its appearance on the outside - you have no clue what's lurking within the tubes on the inside.  Your shop-guy probably saw the 'Ferrari' stamping on the radiator and got spooked at the prospect of working with a $1,000 unit and the potential liability.  I've had my OEM radiator 'dunked' twice, re-painted, and rodded-out - these procedures cost me between $60 and $160 MAX.

 

M

--- On Sat, 2/26/11, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:

From: Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
Subject: [Ferrari] end of cleaning of radiator saga
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2:07 PM

1981 308 GTSi

I carried my radiator to a shop here in Montreal. The guy just didn't want to put it in that special liquid they use. I mentioned at least twice that it was a 30 year-old radiator. He said my radiator was in good shape and putting it in a liquid would only "weaken" it. He added the liquid helps if the radiator is very dirty and so on. But if the radiator is in good shape, the liquid will actually "weaken" the system.

Has any body ever heard that before ? Is it possible ?

 

Can't wait for spring to come along to test my "new" radiator without the condenser in front.

 

Michael Savard

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