The 4 year old radiator in my XJ decided to split a tank yesterday. Being in a hurry and Autozone having one in stock, I purchased a Duralast (Spectra really) A1193. Got the old radiator out and laid them side by side and noticed a very bad design flaw in the Spectra -
The trans cooler is blocking almost the entire port for the lower hose. Ran back to AZ to make sure this wasn't just a fluke and the other one they had in stock was the same way.
Returned that one and ran to OReilly and picked up a Murray part number 432335. Much better design -
Turns out I had put a Murray in it previously and they are a lifetime guarantee so it was actually a good thing the Spectra was crap because I ended up with a free replacement.
The Spectra also has smaller tanks and the core was about 1/4" thinner than the Murray. Spectra uses a square trans cooler which takes up most of the space in the tank, whereas the Murray uses a round cooler element which does not shroud the lower hose connection.
I cannot see how the Spectra would keep anything cool.
The trans cooler is blocking almost the entire port for the lower hose. Ran back to AZ to make sure this wasn't just a fluke and the other one they had in stock was the same way.
Returned that one and ran to OReilly and picked up a Murray part number 432335. Much better design -
Turns out I had put a Murray in it previously and they are a lifetime guarantee so it was actually a good thing the Spectra was crap because I ended up with a free replacement.
The Spectra also has smaller tanks and the core was about 1/4" thinner than the Murray. Spectra uses a square trans cooler which takes up most of the space in the tank, whereas the Murray uses a round cooler element which does not shroud the lower hose connection.
I cannot see how the Spectra would keep anything cool.
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