Highest mileage on original 2008 super duty rad?

[Aaron]

What's the highest mileage anyone has seen on an 08 SD original radiator?

 

Mine went for a dump today at 171,000km or 110k or so miles.

 

Had updated thermostats in it for a year now, Venturi tee since day 1, new upper and lower rad hoses (preventative, never leaking).

 

So I have all the "causes" addressed and the rad still failed lol.

[cbriggs]

I've never paid much attention, I have always assumed that every one of these had at least one rad.

[mrbudge]

This whole rad fiasco cracks me up. We have had rads and thermostats in cars and trucks since before World War 2 and now all of a sudden thermostats and/or lack of a venturi tee are causing rads to fail?? Really??

[Aaron]

I tend to chuckle also.

 

Not so much when I saw the puddle under the front left frame horn... But I tend to chuckle about the situation.

[lmorris]

I've seen 1 maybe 2 with over 200,000 kms with original rads. They are out there.

[Aaron]

Gonna swap the rad, stats, and flush the whole cooling system and change to the big truck long life (Caterpillar EC-1, we use it in all our Internationals at work) antifreeze this weekend.