Rob;
If you're in Ontario, in or near Ottawa,
you might want to give Ontario Glass and
Radiator (OG&R) on Scott St a call.
I needed a rad for an older non-Volvo for
which the local wreckers didn't have
anything and OG&R offered a *new* rad with
a lifetime warranty for less than what the
re-corers (ie Gary's) were asking to
rebuild the old one.
While I was there, I asked for a price for
a rad for my 240. The figure of $140 comes
to mind for the rad itself and a little
over $200 installed.
Nice folks, clean shop, friendly (big)
dog.
Unfortunately, when it came time to
replace the rad in my Volvo, I took the
vehicle to a shop near my home instead of
to the shop 20kms away which I usually use
and they convinced me to avoid the less-
costly OG&R rad, saying that the OG&R rad
was likely a cheap Asian import that would
likely fail prematurely leaving me with a
blown engine. They brushed-off my reminder
about the lifetime warranty that OG&R
offered.
I say "unfortunate" because I recently
found my non OG&R rad was almost emptied
because a friction-fit nylon plug had
managed to blow (or fall?) out of the top
of the new rad. (I don't recall having
seen such a plug on any other rad before
in all my years of vehichle ownership.)
In replacing the plug, I noticed "Made in
Thailand" stamped on the rad.
Hey Everyone.
The radiator in our 1993 960 seems to
have sprung a small leak. Of course
this means a visit to the mechanics, hopefully Thursday (gotta call
tomorrow).
How much do you think this will run? with install.
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Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos
Dunrobin, Ontario,Canada
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