Aaron Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 What's the highest mileage anyone has seen on an 08 SD original radiator? Mine went for a dump today at 171,000km or 110k or so miles. Had updated thermostats in it for a year now, Venturi tee since day 1, new upper and lower rad hoses (preventative, never leaking). So I have all the "causes" addressed and the rad still failed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbriggs Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I've never paid much attention, I have always assumed that every one of these had at least one rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbudge Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 This whole rad fiasco cracks me up. We have had rads and thermostats in cars and trucks since before World War 2 and now all of a sudden thermostats and/or lack of a venturi tee are causing rads to fail?? Really?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 I tend to chuckle also. Not so much when I saw the puddle under the front left frame horn... But I tend to chuckle about the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmorris Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I've seen 1 maybe 2 with over 200,000 kms with original rads. They are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Gonna swap the rad, stats, and flush the whole cooling system and change to the big truck long life (Caterpillar EC-1, we use it in all our Internationals at work) antifreeze this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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