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O&G 03-13-2014 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer (Post 2733045)
Good to hear, working on getting my CSF radiator replaced since it developed a leak and thinking of changing out my thermostat to the one chuck got (off the g37) and possibly a new resevoir with an oil catch can (need one).

CSF needs to fix that leak problem, good company, but that's getting old fast. I've heard of a few leaking at the same place. I hope mine holds up! It performs great.

Chuck33079 03-13-2014 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by O&G (Post 2733063)
CSF needs to fix that leak problem, good company, but that's getting old fast. I've heard of a few leaking at the same place. I hope mine holds up! It performs great.

I just had to swap mine out. Holding up fine so far. My old one leaked a bit from the drain plugs. I chalked it up to the crappy rubber washers they used. And then I broke the upper plug off trying to replace said washer, so it became time for a new core.

theDreamer 03-13-2014 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by O&G (Post 2733063)
CSF needs to fix that leak problem, good company, but that's getting old fast. I've heard of a few leaking at the same place. I hope mine holds up! It performs great.

Yeah, they need to get it resolved, the plus side is it is fully under warranty as long as I own the car. I just have to go through who I bought it from (Z1) instead of CSF directly so, currently have to get the rad out, take pictures, then wait.

O&G 03-14-2014 03:26 PM

Rest of my return setup......CJM ftwhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/15/e6y3e3yd.jpg

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GaleForce 03-14-2014 05:08 PM

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O&G 03-14-2014 05:39 PM

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/15/aby2y8a7.jpg almost done...easy street

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O&G 03-15-2014 12:02 AM

Charles customer service is the best hands down. Guy supplied detailed pics for me, 24/7 txt message support and a quality product. For years and years he has been my number 1 in fuel systems and never fails. Thanks CJM for another bad *** product. Attention to detail is what we all want when building a car and his delivery is spot on!

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roplusbee 03-16-2014 11:29 PM

With regard to CSF, I had to change mine out as well (making this one number 3). They blamed the leak in my motor mounts, saying that the motor moved too much under load which cause the radiator to flex and fail in that area behind the upper neck. I have solid mounts now, so lets see how that works out when/if I have another leak in that area.

O&G 03-17-2014 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by roplusbee (Post 2738561)
With regard to CSF, I had to change mine out as well (making this one number 3). They blamed the leak in my motor mounts, saying that the motor moved too much under load which cause the radiator to flex and fail in that area behind the upper neck. I have solid mounts now, so lets see how that works out when/if I have another leak in that area.

I've had solid mounts for sometime, maybe thats why I havn't seen the leak. I'll keep an eye out for it. Good info!

jwick 03-18-2014 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by roplusbee (Post 2738561)
With regard to CSF, I had to change mine out as well (making this one number 3). They blamed the leak in my motor mounts, saying that the motor moved too much under load which cause the radiator to flex and fail in that area behind the upper neck. I have solid mounts now, so lets see how that works out when/if I have another leak in that area.

Not calling you out but this sounds like BS from CSF. The radiator is not connected directly to the motor except by two very flexible hoses. The only way I could see putting flex into the radiator is if the frame twisted under load. If that's the case I would expect that to be worse with stiffer mounts not better. Sounds likes CSF is grasping at straws. Shame cause the only other options are Mishimoto and GTM. One has huge QA/QC issues and the other is very questionable if they'll ever ship it to you.

I just installed mine on Friday so hopefully I'll have good luck.

O&G 03-18-2014 09:54 AM

I will not allow anyone to use Mishimoto! I will hunt you down and take it off your car! CSF is a stand up company and I know they're working on a solution, because I've seen them cover at least 5 radiators for the 370 in Houston alone. Money strait out of their pocket. Lets all keep our fingers crossed! On the other hand you could have JTran just fab you up a new radiator, he did a killer inter-cooler and radiator setup earlier this week!

Chuck33079 03-18-2014 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by O&G (Post 2741143)
I will not allow anyone to use Mishimoto! I will hunt you down and take it off your car! CSF is a stand up company and I know they're working on a solution, because I've seen them cover at least 5 radiators for the 370 in Houston alone. Money strait out of their pocket. Lets all keep our fingers crossed! On the other hand you could have JTran just fab you up a new radiator, he did a killer inter-cooler and radiator setup earlier this week!

****, Ravi at CSF made me pay for the new core. It was dirt cheap, but he didn't cover a damn thing. I was three weeks out of warranty the first time I called him.

O&G 03-18-2014 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2741149)
****, Ravi at CSF made me pay for the new core. It was dirt cheap, but he didn't cover a damn thing. I was three weeks out of warranty the first time I called him.

Well that sucks, sorry to hear that man! I hope they've remedied the situation w/ the radiator by now!

Chuck33079 03-18-2014 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by O&G (Post 2741158)
Well that sucks, sorry to hear that man! I hope they've remedied the situation w/ the radiator by now!

So far so good. We'll see how well it holds up. Half my problem was my fault, so I'm not too sore about it.

jwick 03-18-2014 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by O&G (Post 2741143)
I will not allow anyone to use Mishimoto! I will hunt you down and take it off your car! CSF is a stand up company and I know they're working on a solution, because I've seen them cover at least 5 radiators for the 370 in Houston alone. Money strait out of their pocket. Lets all keep our fingers crossed! On the other hand you could have JTran just fab you up a new radiator, he did a killer inter-cooler and radiator setup earlier this week!

I'm not putting Mishimoto crap on my car.

If Nissan hadn't been such cocksuckers to include the A/C coil as part of the radiator I'm sure we would have more options. Of course I probably just cursed myself to get a leak since I just installed Friday.


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