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Radiator: Description and Operation


NOTE: Whenever leaks or damage to radiator are found, the entire radiator must be replaced as an assembly.

- The radiator is of the tube and louvered-fin-core type with the tubes arranged horizontally for crossflow of the engine coolant.
- Two tanks, one on each side of the radiator, provide uniform distribution of the coolant to the crossflow tubes.
- The radiator outlet tank on the RH side of the radiator contains a transmission fluid cooler for cooling the transmission fluid.
- The crossflow radiator used is an aluminum core with nylon tanks.
- The aluminum radiator requires special service procedures that are different from copper/brass radiators.