vs-lover
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I purchased some years ago a conical plastic filter that fits into the top inlet of the radiator. I put this in when I fitted my 45,000km engine into my wagon along with a new radiator. The engine had a lot of black gunk coming out of it when I flushed it prior to fitment, thus I wanted to save the radiator from being prematurely clogged.
This cheap filter certainly did it's job, in actual fact it did it too well as I started suffering from higher running temperatures about 6 months after fitment. This told me that the filter was due for being looked at and when I did it was clogged. Quick easy job when it's located in the top radiator hose area.
***Just an update about that particular engine.
It came out of a 1995 crashed VS sedan which makes it a 24 year old donk and it's still running the original Japanese made GMB water pump. Says a lot for a companies reputation and also how quickly that it now has been trashed by substandard product production all in the name of profits and shareholders.
This cheap filter certainly did it's job, in actual fact it did it too well as I started suffering from higher running temperatures about 6 months after fitment. This told me that the filter was due for being looked at and when I did it was clogged. Quick easy job when it's located in the top radiator hose area.
***Just an update about that particular engine.
It came out of a 1995 crashed VS sedan which makes it a 24 year old donk and it's still running the original Japanese made GMB water pump. Says a lot for a companies reputation and also how quickly that it now has been trashed by substandard product production all in the name of profits and shareholders.
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