[W126 Coupe] thanks to all

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Gary,
Just an FYi, Behr has the re-enforced neck, Nissans does not.

Jonathan

On Apr 4, 2005 1:47 PM, Chiappinelli, Joseph
<joseph.chiappinelli at mirant.com> wrote:
>  
> As long as you're draining the coolant, you might want to inspect the
> coolant inlet neck on the radiator. Pop the top hose off and see if the neck
> has a metal reinforcement sleeve in it. Most late model or replacement
> radiator upgrades will have this. If not, you might want to consider
> reinforcing the  neck as this is a notorious weak link on these cars. There
> are many ways to do this short of replacing the radiator. I used a
> male-to-male metal pipe nipple which had just enough bite to thread into the
> soft plastic of the neck. I put over 100,000 miles on the car with it before
> I sold it without a problem. Of course if your radiator is very old and had
> questionable care as far as coolant is concerned, it may be worth it to
> replace it with an new one with the reinforced neck. Either way, its cheap
> insurance against failure that could cook your engine if you don't catch it
> quickly when it fails. And it will fail. 
>   
> J.Chip
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On
> Behalf Of Gary
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:06 PM
> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
> Subject: [W126 Coupe] thanks to all 
> 
>  
> thanks to all that responed on my ?s about spark plugs and anti freeze.  i
> had just bought some bosch platinum 2 plugs...i won't be using those thanks
> to you guys and i will take the advice on the anti freeze. 
>   
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