Cooling & Radiator Services
Everything that keeps your engine at the right temperature — the radiator, the pump, the thermostat, the fans, the heater core and the A/C condenser. One shop, one bench, forty years of doing just this.
Everything cooling, nothing you didn’t ask for
Most shops treat the cooling system as a sideline between oil changes and brake jobs. We built the whole place around it. When your temperature gauge climbs, the problem is almost never just “the radiator” — it is a chain of parts, and the trick is knowing which link actually broke. That is the part forty years teaches you and a parts-store code reader never will.
Here is what rolls through the bays on a normal week:
- Radiator recore & repair — rod-outs, tank re-solder, and full re-cores for copper-brass units a lot of shops send to the scrap pile.
- Radiator replacement — aluminum-plastic units supplied and installed, pressure-tested before you leave.
- Water pumps — the quiet cause of half the “runs hot in traffic” calls we get.
- Thermostats & housings — cheap part, big consequences when it sticks shut.
- Cooling fans & fan clutches — electric fans, clutch fans, and the relays that run them.
- Heater cores & no-heat repair — including the dash-out jobs nobody enjoys quoting.
- A/C condensers — the cooler up front that takes the first rock off the highway.
- Coolant flushes & hoses — the maintenance that keeps the expensive stuff from happening.
- Overheating diagnosis — we find the cause before we sell you a cure.
Ballpark pricing
Everybody wants a number, so here are honest ranges. What your truck actually costs depends on the parts it takes and how buried they are — a water pump on a four-cylinder is an afternoon; the same pump behind a timing cover on a V8 is a different animal. We will give you the exact figure after we look, and nothing moves until you okay it.
| Pressure test & overheating diagnosisRolls into the repair if we do the work | $45 |
| Radiator recore — copper-brassMost classic & light-truck cores | from $235 |
| Radiator replacement — aluminum-plasticParts & labor, pressure-tested | from $290 |
| Water pump replacementVaries with engine access | from $240 |
| Thermostat & housingCoolant top-off included | from $115 |
| Coolant flush & refillSystem cleaned, correct mix | from $95 |
| Heater core replacementDash-out jobs quoted on sight | from $420 |
| A/C condenser replacementEvacuate & recharge extra | from $340 |
| Hose, belt & clamp workPer piece, while it’s open | from $45 |
| Heavy-duty & industrial recoreTruck, tractor, genset, compressor | quoted |
Parts we stand behind
We are not loyal to a logo — we are loyal to parts that come back fixed and stay fixed. For most jobs that means a quality aftermarket core or a reman unit we have had good luck with; for the oddball old iron it often means re-coring what you already own, because nobody makes it new anymore. Every repair that leaves here carries our 12-month workmanship warranty on top of whatever the parts carry.
Not sure which bucket your problem falls in? Read how we approach a radiator, or just send us a few lines.