Heater Core replace or wait 04 XC70 205+
- BlackBart
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This may be a silly question - can the core (tiny radiator) be rebuilt or re-cored by a radiator shop? I've done that on old (like 60's) cars, but I don't know on one of these modern units.
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2004 XC70 wagon BlackBetty
1994 850T5 wagon
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chrism
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My guess is that given the amount of plastic in the construction that a radiator shop would say forget rebuilding it. If it was all metal then maybe that would be a different story.
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It’s the metal to plastic interface that fails in both the cores and the radiators. With respect to anyone from Eastern Europe , they are not repairable
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