radiator upgrades for 1.6

[funky technician]

hay guys, is there a genaric upgrade for the rad in the festiva, I'm putting in a 1.6 and I would like to improve on the rad, plus mine is crap and is oozing white power (probibly "stop leak" from previous attempts to repair a failing raditor), thanks.

[Gforcefd]

Just use another 1.3 or you could use a radiator out of an automatic aspire, I believe it is twice as big, and double cored but not sure. I use the stock 1.3 with my Bp and it never goes over a quarter.

Logan

[mattswabb]

the stock one is fine for any b6. If you want t an upgrade then get one from an automatic festiva. There are dual core and a direct bolt in.

[htchbck]

down here in the dirty south where it stays at 95 degrees even in the nighttime I'm still running the stock rad with the BP and its never overheated on me

[funky technician]

cool, I guess I'll jsut try to repair this one when the engine's out, the cores are intact, but I had removed the end resevoirs to clean out the core when it had clogged, and I was 5 hours from anywhere on the side of the road when I did it, so the re-crimping of the ends was pritty sketchy at best, and then I added some stop leak to help out the poor end cap installation, thats where the stop leak is blooming out, along the crimped edge. this time when I take it apart, I'll do it right :wink: