On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:04:06 -0000, "Ted Rubberford"
> wrote:

>
>"jw 1111111" > wrote in message
>news
>> The very thin horizontal cooling fins in my (94 corolla) Radiator are
>> disintegrating and dropping out, and are very brittle.
>>
>> The upright tubes carrying the coolent in the radiator still seem o.k.
>> This
>> radiator i bought new about four years ago, admittedly quite cheap, but
>> should it be doing this?
>>
>> where it has gone brittle is in two large patches that have lost the black
>> paint the radiator is painted in. if i were to respray those areas in a
>> black cellulose might that halt the rot, or what else to do?
>>
>> Grateful for any advice. thanks john west.
>>
>
>Stick it in the Vise boy!
>===================
>Teddy Rubberford
>(The Man In The Latex Suit)

IMO, just buy another but BETTER QUALITY radiator, drop it in, problem
solved. I mean, I've changed em out before. Slight PIA, but not
brain surgery.

Lg