Leaky radiator.. help

[Uncle Vinnie]

This stinks! '98 S70, radiator has a leak.. $550 to repair...(replace...)

Any suggestions?? Advice??? Thank you!

 

[Roadie]

This stinks!  '98 S70, radiator has a leak.. $550 to repair...(replace....)

Any suggestions??  Advice??? Thank you!

You listed the choices: Repair or replace. I would just replace it.

 

[Steve H]

You listed the choices: Repair or replace. I would just replace it.

I just replaced the rad on my 960, Volvo quoted a silly price but I
bought one on line for less than half the price and fitted it myself the
following morning in less than an hour.

http://www.carcooling.co.uk/

Steve H

 

[~^ beancounter ~^]

wow...doing a rad swap out in < 1 hour is damm
fast....congradts...what the volvo "book time" on this
job?...i would guess at least 3 hrs...

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

I was thinking of replacing it on my own.. hmm... how big a job is it??

 

[kmy]

: I was thinking of replacing it on my own.. hmm... how big a job is it??

I just did my son's 97 850 it was about 4 hours following the instructions
on bay 13 on volvospeed.com. I got the radiator online from Autohaus for
about 175.

 

[Mr. V]

If you are tight on cash, go to a U Pull It, find one that looks good,
and take it to a radiator shop for testing.

If it tests OK, have the shop clean it, then you install it.