What else is new: My 190E 2.6 radiator neck cracked 2nd times!!!

Broken motor mount???

Some radiator shops will replace just the plastic tank. The replacement should have an aluminum ring on the neck to reinforce it.

Scott D

What brand radiator did you get? Behr radiators have a metal reinforced neck, and when run with MB Coolant, should last decades.

Be happy -- my car spun into oncoming traffic when my radiator broke. Not fun.

Mike

What brand of replacement radiator did you use? I seem to remember some of the regulars here recommending the "Behr" one with the aluminum neck inserts.

Regards, WS

Thanks for all replies. This unit did not have the metal ring reinforcement insert. Anyway, I found a cheap fix (will see how long it lasts) using a 1" copper tubing (*) and epoxied it to the inside of both the protruding stub and the broken neck, let it sit overnight, then reconnected the hose. So far so good... (*)This tubing is sold at Home Depot for repairing leaky 1" copper tubing, slightly larger to slip over standard tubing, which happen to fit snugly inside the broken radiator neck. In fact, I had to enlarge the radiator neck slightly with emery cloth for everything to fit with a thin coat of epoxy.