Radiator Shop Talk

We are a full service radiator and air conditioning shop along with doing general automotive repair. We work on all types of vehicles from Toyota's & Rolls Royce to Freightliner trucks. This will be a brief descriptions of whats happening in the shop. We will include helpful interesting thoughts and tidbits of information related to the repair field you may find newsworthy.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

1974 Pinto Station Wagon!

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I was born in the 1960's so I saw a lot of these Ford Pintos growing up.  Ford produced this model as it's answer to the Chevy Vega,...
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Intake woes

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This is a picture of an missing intake manifold on a 3.8 Chevy 6cylinder. The intake we removed because it was seeping from the corners wher...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Backward thermostat, big trouble

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Notice anything funny? Last week we had one of our regular customers come in with his Chevy van. The complaint was it was leaking coolant an...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

New car show in town

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Ever wanted to put on  your own car show? Well I did. So me and some friends got together (one of those friends happens to run a non profit ...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Ten pounds of radiator in a five pound car!

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Remember this Photo? " if it doesn't fit you must acquitt " The phrase that Jonnie Cochran quoted so many time in the news dur...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

Industrial truck radiator too many holes!

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This is a typical OTR (over the road truck) radiator. It was leaking from the tank gasket which is also not unusual. The first thing we do w...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Starting Fluid is a NO NO!

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So I got a call today and there was a mechanic on the other end of the phone asking me if I could fix a charge air cooler that had an incide...
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David Avery
Poway, California, United States
Started in the cooling system industry out of high school in 1979. Have worked for many shops big and small from sweeping the floors to upper level management. Today I own a radiator repair shop in one of the nicest places to live in the country, San Diego county. I and our business have various certifications: A.S.E and I.M.A.C Certified. Member of the BBB. Registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) along with ORCA, Connectory.com, Dun & Brad street, SBA, and other entities that enable us to help government agencies.
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