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radiator 900 1995

posted by  lpsage on  Sun May 1 22:28 CST 2005
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I can only tell you my experience. On my 93 945(which I sold a few months ago)
I had the same crack you described and I used JB Quik Weld. It held for a little while...4 days or so and then started leaking a little.

On my daughters 94 940, I was filling the tank on an extremely cold day just before Christmas 2004 and I saw anti-freeze pouring out from under the hood. I checked it out to find that the neck of the radiator had cracked off at the top and it was leaking profusely. I was fortunately very close to home and nursed it home with quite a bit of fluid still left. I promptly ordered a new radiator from eEuroparts.com and it came a day later(they have the fastest shipping!!). It was an identical replacement Nissens, not like the all metal one I put in the 93 945.

The moral of the story. You get 10 years and little more out of the OEM rads.And it's a true 50/50 gamble for the repair. I wouldn't do it unless you are just driving close to home.
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94 940 106K ,98 V90 96K






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