Engine radiator OEM Volkswagen or Denso

my 2005 4Runner Limited 4WD V8 that I bought one year ago with only 55k miles on it (well maintained time capsule), was just fine. Zero leaks from the radiator or anything. At 65k miles I went ahead and replaced the radiator with a Denso unit.

I figured going from a life in SoCal to southeast Texas summers would tax the radiator. Plus, 55k miles in 20 years, and now I’ll put about 20k miles a year on it, would likely make the original radiator go pop at the most inconvenient time, surely.

I just got a new Denso radiator off of rock auto for a Tacoma. It didn't look much better than this. Had a hole in the box from shipping. Installed. Hasn't leaked at all.

This happened to my 4Runner recently. New denso radiator from Rockauto was $150.

I put a Denso radiator in my wife's car.

It was packaged very well and arrived completely undamaged. It was a perfect fit.

You should absolutely fix, but $900 is steep from the quoter. Buy a quality rad (denso, nissens) and have it installed by a competent mechanic for $300 max.

In the year I’ve had it, it’s cost me a new radiator that had split.

Get a Denso on Rock Auto for 130 and replace it yourself. Watch a YouTube video on how to do it and save yourself a bunch of coin.

I ended up replacing the radiator *and the hose*s myself with a denso radiator.

Get the Denso radiator from rockauto. I tried eBay crap once and it barely lasted a year

I ordered a Denso radiator from RA earlier this year. Took my old radiator out of my truck before opening the new one (rookie move, I know). Well one of these fittings was bent/broken on the new one. Called every car parts store, mechanic, and radiator shop within an hour drive and no one had one. Someone finally pointed me towards a hydraulic shop and I had to have a guy there machine a new one for me. Been working without an issue. It was just crazy to me how difficult it was to find such a simple fitting.