Engine radiator MISHIMOTO or OEM Volkswagen

i bought a mishimoto. Everything's fine, adequate stock replacement with a stock fitment.

I bought the Mishimoto one about 20k miles ago and have had zero issues with overheating or leakage.

Awesome, I'm calling the dealer today to get a radiator, heater core and thermostat.

I had a similar issue with my Mk4 VR6 Golf, coolant level would drop a tiny bit over time with no obvious sign of leakage..turned out to be a very small leak at the bottom corner seam of the radiator.

I've had a ZJ fan clutch in my XJ for about 10 years and it's been fine without any modifications. Somehow I got away with it fitting in mine with a Proliance Heatbuster radiator and then again when I switched that radiator out for a Mishimoto.

Replaced radiator. Flushed out nasty brown water from cooling lines, heater core and flushed with distilled water 3 times. Pulled vacuum on cooling System and Refilled with G13 premix.

The Mishimoto mk3 aluminum radiator is pretty close to the weight of the OEM plastic end tanked radiator.

I have heard mixed reviews on the Mishimoto

2012 Golf R (FSI) and just recently had a Mishimoto radiator installed. Car behaves normally on the road but the first track event after having it installed it got very warm (about halfway between normal and red zone on factory gauge) and actually spit out some coolant under the hood I found once back in the paddock. Shop has checked everything out, re-bled the system and found no air but does start to get hot under sustained boost. Funny thing is I track the car heavily and never had this issue on the OEM radiator, also the water pump was recently changed with timing service and has less than 1000 miles on it.

especially NOT a mishimoto. that shit is junk and i speak from experience.