Champion Radiator Aluminum 3 core swap 3.4 supercharger Poll, core issues

So It looks like there maybe some control issues with these aluminum radiators.

I’m curious to find out how many people are having issues and how many like my
Self have had no issues.

These aluminum radiators are made in China and have been on the market for
maybe two years I believe and have a small track record.
There have been plenty of these sold as the company actually ran out
of stock of these radiators quickly and took 6 months or more till they were available again.

So we have a poll for those that bought one of these radiators and if you have had any radiator core issues with a leak. Not the radiator cap or peacock. Just the core if it failed.

I bought my radiator off eBay and have 35,000 miles with no issues a little over a year ago and has dropped my radiator temps considerably over the stock radiator.

If you buy one of these radiators off eBay and it fails eBays rules are the seller pays for the return shipping, so your out no money.

For those that the radiator core failed what did you do for the repair?
Was it an easy fix?
Did you return it?

 

@1997tacomav6 You are a bastion of this community, thank you for all you do.

 

I've maybe put 1000 miles on mine (it's not my daily) and it's run fine after I fixed the leaky petcock valve. Will keep this updated

 

I wanted one so bad...

 

Been running mine for a year... It's my daily... I've put 15,000 miles on it (at least).

Zero issues.

 

They make a lot of radiators, I’m gonna stay tuned to this thread because I was considering this radiator for my 49 Chevy.

 

I put a chinesium aluminum radiator in my Powerstroke and it's been problem free so far


Temperatures are not much lower than stock but it cools down much faster after hills etc

 

There was a post on the What Did You Do Today 1st gen thread yesterday about someone that pressure tested their's before installing it and found a leak at one of the welds, I'll see if I can find the post...

edit - here it is, no mention of pressure testing but he did find a leak at one of the welds.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...st-gen-edition.138573/page-9102#post-20774237