I got mine rodded out at SW Radiator shop in Little Rock.   Cost about $70
due to having to use new crimper instead of using the old one.  They'd
never seen another rad like this one  ie no cap and both ports on the
bottom etc.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel

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> From: Richard M. Myers <myersr@SPAWAR.NAVY.MIL>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Radiator Rodding
> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 2:48 PM
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm getting mixed reports on whether the 1988 alum./plastic (??) vanagon
> radiator can be rodded.  Some say it can't be done, some say it can be
> done (no problem ...), some say it can be done, but the seals aren't
> available, and some say "why bother" because they rarely need it anyway
> (due to 'corrosion-free' alum./plastic construction).
>
> All of the radiator shops I've talked to say thay can at least flush it
> out with compressed air and water.
>
> Anyone out there actually got their radiator rodded?  Or just flushed
> (blasted?).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Myers
> '88 Westy
> '78 Westy