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TEXAS LEXUS!
Only struggle was getting a sock on deez nuts. Other than that everything went well.
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Hahahaha!!! Glad it worked out for ya!
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Hahahaha!!! Glad it worked out for ya!
FWIW, I am running cooler after the new radiator, which is good to see. I started running warmish a couple of years ago and was able to help it with a fan clutch tune and fluid change to 10,000 Cst. Now with the new radiator I'm running a needle width below midway under normal conditions. Apparently the old radiator was not performing optimally. May have to go back to the normal weight fluid in the fan clutch now, lol.
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I just ordered a KOYO 1918 from CARID and Received a TYC 1918 in a TYC box and label. I called and they said their distributor was out of the Koyo so they sent a TYC. I requested they take it back and they want to charge me for both of the shipping. I guess I will be calling AMEX! Really disappointed. Avoid CARID!!!
This is bull****, pure and simple.
A TYC does NOT = Koyo.
So instead of sending you a $278 Koyo, they send you a $137 TYC?
This is fraud, pure and simple.
Point this out to them, threaten criminal charges. Get AMEX involved.
This is fraud, pure and simple.
Point this out to them, threaten criminal charges. Get AMEX involved.
CarID is located in New Jersey, which has some good consumer fraud protection, to include payment of attorney's fees by the company committing fraud.
There are a ton of shark like lawyers who would gleefully rack up 10s of thousands of dollars pursuing a couple hundred dollar claim.
http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Statutes/Consumer-Fraud-Act.pdf
There are a ton of shark like lawyers who would gleefully rack up 10s of thousands of dollars pursuing a couple hundred dollar claim.
http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Statutes/Consumer-Fraud-Act.pdf
Im not worried. AMEX will get me a full refund. They are great unlike CARID. They would have issued a full refund and I would have been fine. but trying to get me with shipping charges for their or their distribution center mistake is total bull****.
I was going to start my own thread on this. I am on my 3rd Koyo from CARiD. All 3 1918's have leaked the same places. They replaced the previous 2. I just sent the email today requesting an RMA. UPDATE- CARiD initiated the RMA and looks like a CSF(3 row copper) is the next go round....I am way too good at changing these now!
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Never been happy with CARID, I avoid them like the plague now but others have had really good luck with them.
I replaced mine yesterday with a up unit from 1-800radiators, box was print with 1918. It looks just like the Koyo that failed, just with a different sticker. Has lifetime warranty and they are local, will see what happens.
Curious where they leaked from? I got a Koyo 1918 from CARID a few months ago. No trouble so far.
Mine leaked on bottom crimp area, rear facing. Only when engine was on, under pressure.
What are the letters after 1918?
BTW, in the 6 years I have dealt with radiators, I have not had many Genera Corp issues. We're talking many thousands of radiators, hardly any TYC failures. It's what I put in my Camry, by choice.
No letter, just 1918 on the box. The regular resin and mold stamp on the top. I looked it over every angle, looked the same, fit the same. I went for convenience, I called them and they delivered to my home the same day, and lifetime warranty. This was my first radiator job ever, was around 2 hours to change, then 45 mins of running engine to burp with burp funnel (from Amazon). Drove about 65 miles yesterday, no leaks.
SO I ordered the TYC via amazon today and received a Koyo. I still have the TYC so I thought I would compare. They look very similar at first glance but I noticed the openings of the interior rows of the core on the KOYO and TYC differ. Also, the sides of the Koyo core are much more substantial. One side of the TYC actually seems to have bent. Also the transmission line connections on the Koyo are full brass. The TYC has a combination of Brass and a different metal in the rest of the hardware. The top and bottom tanks seem to be made of different plastic composition. The TYC has much more of a shame while the Koyo is more mat in finish.
The crimping of the cores and tanks seems about equal.
The crimping of the cores and tanks seems about equal.
I guess 1800 didn't put a label on it. They usually will, like 1918PB, Or 1918CC....
The plastic stamp doesn't vary most of the time.
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