thedoctor Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Will a radiator out of an 84 GL no A/C work in an 83 DL with A/C? Aside from the two fans I mean. Is there any internal differences about the radiator with A/C? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Come on you guys. A friend of mine is telling me these radiators are somehow different even though they look identical. He doesn't know soobs though. He got this idea somewhere that radiators off of A/C cars are double or something. My dl with ac radiator has two fans, other than that it looks the same. Will a radiator out of an 84 GL no A/C work in an 83 DL with A/C? Aside from the two fans I mean. Is there any internal differences about the radiator with A/C? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 If they look the same then they most likely are. Make sure they have the same amount of cooling passages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_talk Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I'm not sure about the EA81 cars but I know that all the EA82 cars have a single core radiator with plastic side tanks, except the turbo cars with the auto trans, which have the all brass two core. There are slight differences but both fit. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Come on you guys. A friend of mine is telling me these radiators are somehow different even though they look identical. He doesn't know soobs though. He got this idea somewhere that radiators off of A/C cars are double or something. My dl with ac radiator has two fans, other than that it looks the same. No difference for AC cars 83-84 Some difference for auto/MT(tranny cooler?) Minor(?)difference for FWD MT and 4WD MT cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I'm not sure about the EA81 cars but I know that all the EA82 cars have a single core radiator with plastic side tanks, except the turbo cars with the auto trans, which have the all brass two core. There are slight differences but both fit. Gary Gary, my wife's 87 twagon/3at has plastic tanks/aluminum core. Pretty sure my 90 twagon is the same (too lazy to check ). According to my radiator guy, there is very little difference in Subaru radiators... most of the differences are in the bottom mounting pegs and top mounting holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Gary, my wife's 87 twagon/3at has plastic tanks/aluminum core. Pretty sure my 90 twagon is the same (too lazy to check ). Yeah.. all of my EA82 cars have been platic tanked single cores (list includes at least 2 auto turbos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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