I HAVE 86 560SL PIECE OF PLASTIC BROKE AWAY from upper radiator. is this part of radiator, and if so do i have to replace entire radiator thank you

this has been brought up a few times in the last couple of months,although i'm not sure if your model was one of the ocurrrances.what exactly is this piece's function.a pic would help alot

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'95 s500 (bought for wife but can't bear to share!!!) 125kms
'92 legend 180kms
'88 tbirdturbo(fantastic car-only regular maint.)120kms
'87 mustang gt(gone)
'86 tbirdturbo(gone)
'85 mustang gt(gone-but not forgotten)

Sounds like the normal broken upper radiator hose neck. With the age of your car I would consider yourself lucky it lasted this long. Very common and the only real true forget about it fix is to replace the complete radiator. I would use only a OEM unit myself.

fasthair

I agree, replace the radiator. You can get an OEM radiator from this site - BEHR is the brand. This job is a diyer type of job - pretty straight forward/easy.

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Jim

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'79 450SL
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