Help with ideas would be great! I'm on my 3rd radiator after 15 years of ownership. the OE rad leaked after a few years and I tried to have it fixed but the rad shop said no chance it was beyond repair. Then I bought a Fluidyne and it worked great with the stock fans but it started leaking after 2 years. So frustrated I put stop leak in it as last resort and it sort of worked. For years I put up with leaking coolant on my garage floor. I got tired of filling it back up all the time so last year gave up and bought a new Hall radiator. Guess what? Now its leaking! I can see the leak coming from the fins have maybe cracked away from the side tank just like the Fluidyne radiator did. Do I have bad luck or is my car chassis maybe twisting too much? My car is pretty rust free in all the usual bad spots. I don't have any aftermarket chassis bracing. I used the rubber grommets that mount the radiator and didn't even really tighten it down in hopes of helping with not tweaking it. Maybe my 408 stroker engine is torquing the body too much? or can just jacking the car up on one side bend the body enough to cause radiator issues?
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