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1998 S70 T-5 All Aluminum Radiator

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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eaglehawk67
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Year and Model: s70 1998
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1998 S70 T-5 All Aluminum Radiator

Post by eaglehawk67 »

Does anyone know where I can purchase an all-aluminum radiator for a 1998 s70 T-5? No Plastic as this is the fourth radiator.

j-dawg
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Post by j-dawg »

i don't know of any tanks that are all-aluminum.

ARD made a few as a test run once but i don't think they ever had them in regular production. i kind of wonder how they fared, since the mounting system was designed for plastic tanks. i don't know if i'd expect it, but i wouldn't be too surprised if there ended up being issues with fatigue failure, thermal expansion, chassis flex &c when switching from a plastic to an aluminum tank.

what brand have you been using? unless you've driven half a million miles, four radiators is quite a lot, even with the plastic tanks.
1999 V70 T5 5-SPD | ~277k mi | sold

Baptiste1106
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Post by Baptiste1106 »

@ eaglehawk67

4 radiators sounds real crazy. I spoke w/lucky from ARD and i asked him why they never put more aluminum rads in production and he said they didn't like the quality of it. Try ordering a Nissens rad from fcpeuro.com. They have a lifetime warranty on all of their products no matter how old or what condition

tryingbe
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Post by tryingbe »

Autozone radiator have life time warranty, they're local and you get a new one every time.
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