Just finished messing around under the hood, washing cleaning, and so on. I noticed that the new radiator, a nissens, that I installed last September, was seeping coolant around the upper tank. It looks as if the seal to the radiator body is defective. I was interested so I jacked the car up and you guessed it, the lower was seeping in the same manner. Now, it's not gushing or anything. It's just enough to annoy me. The resovior is only about a finger's width below the full line. Right where it was when I serviced it in September. So I konw that it doesn't leak that much. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. It's staying in for now. It cools well and I haven't had any other problems.

I installed a new nissens a few months ago on my 85 300D, and I have had no problems. I would get another and return this one.

Good Luck

Mark

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1984 300TD Wagon, 407,800 mi (current daily driver)
1985 300DT Sedan, 330,000 mi (gone to that great autobahn in the sky)

About 6 months ago I replaced my original with a Nissen. I have had no problems so far.

Sounds like a quality issue and like Mark said I would return the one you have for another one.

Good luck,

Wayne