lovemy190e

its always something so far with this 190 but I love her. So after head gasket replacement, flushing of cooling system and refill with zerex, a few days later I found a little puddle under the drivers side of the radiator. It's hard to tell but it looks like it's weeping from the top corner where the metal meets the plastic, see pics. Is the radiator shot or is there a possible cheaper, easier issue?

Funny story:

Working through my first month on the 190 I found that the previous owner had wired the hood star so that if someone tried to lift it from the top it would shock them! I'm redoing it so that the horn honks instead.




Hard to see but water is weeping between the metal and plastic on top.





Drivers side top radiator.





Where it's dripping under the radiator drivers side corner.

su8pack1

Just a few weeks ago I tried a few radiator shops and was told they couldn't get the plastic sides, as mine had a broken neck where the top hose connected. I bought a replacement radiator on Amazon for around $90.00.

lovemy190e

Thanks su8pack1 - I think that's the way to go. I'm not sure what the concern is with one over another, as I've seen the radiator replacements from 90 to 550. I'm sure the Behr/MB expensive one is wonderful, but wow.

Also, I'm starting to become paranoid about the heater core. How often do they go out? I do not relish the idea of having to do that tear down and replace procedure. There is no reason to think I have a heater core issue, I'm just saying, the radiator just went out, I hope that's not next. I did just do a head gasket replacement as there was oil in the coolant, I hope there wasn't enough damage from that to wreck the cooling system, so far so good, complete flush and backflush and flush again, new hoses, new thermostat, etc.