Engine radiator OEM Volkswagen or OEM Toyota

I remember when my First Radiator blew up at 20108 miles, just out of warranty, and the Dealer ship was going to sell me another Plastic/Aluminum one for the mark down price of 120 bucks. I found a radiator shop that got me a Brass and Copper one for 108. It lasted for the next 19 years with out failure.

Ive own both Mk6 1.8T Jetta and now have a Mk5 2.5L Jetta and both have required new radiators at 150k miles. they have not been leaking coolant since.

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 can't believe your Tercel blew a rad. That was the most bulletproof car I have ever owned. It made me a life long toyota car owner

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.

I replaced the aging radiator in December. It went smoothly, everything came apart and went back together as the Toyota Gods intended.

The radiator on my 2016 is leaking, although leak isn't really the right word. Maybe porous. The hole is so small, it takes months to show a change in the coolant reservoir. On some days, given proper conditions, a small wisp of steam is visible coming from the radiator area. I added a UV dye to the cooling system, and it is visible then.

That era of Toyota radiator top tank did do this. My one split across the top instead of where yours broke.

I needed to replace the entire radiator in the GTI to get a check engine light to go away.