My 2000 5.4l Eddie Bauer 4x4

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Maybe an oem one is the only way to go. Just getting tiring how more and more products can't hold up, even with ridiculous prices.

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Maybe an oem one is the only way to go. Just getting tiring how more and more products can't hold up, even with ridiculous prices.

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I had to go back to 4wheel Parts to get a copy of my receipt for the warranty claim. The guy behind the counter said: "plan on it leaking again. We've been seeing a lot of Mishimotos come back because of leaking. I'd try to go with an OEM replacement."

Problem is, I can't find one. Rockauto doesn't show any Motorcraft, nothing at the local part stores, even parts.ford.com only lists a heater core when I search for "radiator".

So that sucks.
 

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I was starting to run into part availability problems with my 2000 also. Seems as they get older, the only parts you can get are Chinese or otherwise cheap crap.

The 2010 Explorers have radiator problems too, and much of it was attributed to electrolysis due to bad grounding. You may want to read up on that and see if it might apply to you. The cure was to ground the radiator somehow I think.

Or it may just be from flexing off-road combined with poor quality parts. Try to call the people who made the thing and see if on a chance you can find someone intelligent with a clue to speak with.

Good luck my friend. Wish I was out there instead of in New York.
 

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Grounding is definitely critical any time you have aluminum heads/ aluminum radiator. Yeah if you dont ground properly, you not only get problems with the radiator itself, but problems in the cooling passages of heads too. I've posted this before but old buddy Danny didn't ground his small block 350 Chevy motor, and wondered why he was starting to overheat in hot weather. He did all the obvious stuff, thermostat, radiator new water pump,etc. Well he had to pull his aluminum Intake off for some reason, I forget what. You should have seen how plugged the cooling passages were after only 10 k. Cleaned out Intake, got ground straps, and voila, no cooling issues after that. Tom's case though I think is just due to cheap manufactures. Tom if you have a radiator shop near you, you might want to have them build you a good one, like Ron Davis quality. It won't be cheap, probably around $700.00 clams but it will be good. You might want to also call Ron Woods and see how much a customer built one is. I'd sure get tired of yanking it every year. Coolant is so expensive these days.

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I figured that wasn't your problem. Electrolysis is a whole different deal. OEM 2000 radiators are long gone, called my Ford dealer around 2:30 today. Theirs none throughout the dealers in the country. Every time you get a symptom with yours Tom, mine does same 2 weeks later. My turn signals went out right after you posted yours taking a dump! I've smelled coolant when I was checking tranny fluid. I better start shopping too. I've got a radiator shop 4 blocks from me, think I'll see if he's got anything that's not junk, probably not these day's.

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Got to talking to someone in the hallway about my radiator leaking problems. Without me mentioning the radiator mount, he suggested it. He said it's also very common on Jeeps with the old 4.0 motor (that are also pretty old).

So I ordered some. Hopefully here by Friday.
 

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What's the part # of the radiator mount? That sounds about right. Didn't know their was such a thing. Made of rubber right?

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Yeah- rubber. Hopefully soft rubber. I know my upper mounts are pretty stiff now.
 

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I’m sure there is some good top shelf aftermarket radiators available.
 

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