Originally Posted by vwnate1

" Affordable " is the issue here .

Nissin if you can afford it, is the way to go .(I can't)

I found an all metal copper Chinese radiator in a Junk Yard, bought it and then searched until I found a Radiator Shop that still does re cores and had them install a new, copper four row core , much better than the tin foil core it had but the metal tank looks cheap, works like a treat tho' . .

If your pin holed radiator is original, GET RID OF IT NOW because it's going to fail catastrophically and either strand you or fry the engine .

My carefully maintained '82 240D's pristine factory radiator just went ' click ' as I was tooling along along a side street as the upper hose nipple broke off @ 25 ~ 30 MPH on smooth pavement ~ glad I had the window open and heard the coolant gurgling out and smelled fresh coolant before it had an instant to begin to heat up .

Last time I checked 1800RADIATOR had the all metal Chinese ones for right @ $200 ~ works fine but paper thin metal .