Murray Replacement Radiator From Oreilly

[thinger2]

Does anyone have experience using a Murray replacement radiator from O'Reilly's Auto Parts?

I put one in about 6 or 7 years ago and i only had two problems.
They didnt have it in stock and the one they shipped in was crushed in transit.
The box looked okay but all of the fins were bent flat.
Have them open the box and look it over very well before you pay for it.
Pull the plastic shipping plugs out and look for any obvious metal chunks, plastic chunks bad threads...whatever
Keep those plastic plugs too. They are the very thing you need if you decide to do an oil cooler delete.

I bought replacement O rings for the cooler lines and they took a couple of days to swell up and seal properly.
So, keep an eye on them. Dont over torque them, just tighten them up a little bit over time .
Other than that It does its job and hasnt leaked a drop

 

[DixieWASP]

I put one in about 6 or 7 years ago and i only had two problems.
They didnt have it in stock and the one they shipped in was crushed in transit.
The box looked okay but all of the fins were bent flat.
Have them open the box and look it over very well before you pay for it.
Pull the plastic shipping plugs out and look for any obvious metal chunks, plastic chunks bad threads...whatever
Keep those plastic plugs too. They are the very thing you need if you decide to do an oil cooler delete.

I bought replacement O rings for the cooler lines and they took a couple of days to swell up and seal properly.
So, keep an eye on them. Dont over torque them, just tighten them up a little bit over time .
Other than that It does its job and hasnt leaked a drop

Thank you for the advice.

 

[Hammer_95]

Does anyone have experience using a Murray replacement radiator from O'Reilly's Auto Parts?

I’ve put one in about 6 months ago and then another one in my truck last week

 

[DixieWASP]

I’ve put one in about 6 months ago and then another one in my truck last week

Do you mean the radiator failed and needed to be replaced after six months or you are talking about two different trucks?

 

[Archaic2021]

I used one and ended up having to swap out the trans cooler line fittings because the ones supplied kept leaking and the the lines were not a direct fit for the radiator.

 

[Hammer_95]

Do you mean the radiator failed and needed to be replaced after six months or you are talking about two different trucks?

I mean the first one failed. It cracked close to the petcock

 

[DixieWASP]

I mean the first one failed. It cracked close to the petcock

Thank you for the clarification.

 

[DixieWASP]

I used one and ended up having to swap out the trans cooler line fittings because the ones supplied kept leaking and the the lines were not a direct fit for the radiator.

Thanks for letting me know.