Hello to all From Corvallis Oregon!
Yep I just got out of my 300SD... After a 9 hour drive to Corvallis to see my mom for the weekend. On the way up the I-5 I had several times when I thought the car was going to over heat. It never did, but I didn't like that feeling. The car was running about 110C all the way up the Central Valley in CA in 40-42C temperature out side. then when I climbed up to Lake Shasta the air cooled down to 28-30C and so the car cooled to around 100C, but then when I climbed the Siskiyou Pass the car was on the verge of over heating. I was creeping up the hill fallowing a semi to keep from over heating... and then when I came down into Ashland the tempture was down to 80C... and the car only went over 100 2 or 3 times on the rest of the trip, going over Grants Pass I thought it was going to get hot again, but only got to 110C.

So, I have to go back to Sacramento on Sunday. I don't have to work on Monday so I’m planning on making the trip at night.

I think I may need a new radiator, because 3 weeks ago I did a cooling system flush and it helped, but not enough.

What do you guys think? I know radiators are around 300 bucks... is there anything else I can do? Would it be cheaper to get my radiator boiled? Or maybe a Pick'n'pull radiator?

Nik

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