Very good recomendation. I killed a good vehicle a few years ago trying to save a couple of bucks.

With a radiator and cooling systems most of the problem is just dirty work. Cooling problem can be very expensive

thanks everyone for the info. One last question re oil pressure gage. Where should the needle settle when driving at high speeds, say 65mph? Before I had this work done the need on the gage would always be around the 30, and now that this works has been done its settles around the 60 slightly higher. Thanks.

The stock oil pressure gauge is unreliable. Most people who still have them report readings that vary widely and don't necessarily correspond to what the operating pressure should be at any given point. I like what one guy recently called it--an analog idiot light. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Sounds like the work you had done freed up the passage to the sender, making it read higher. Doesn't mean that it's accurate now though. As long as it's reading something you should be OK.

Okay, thanks. The mechanic said the same thing, that this gage is very unreliable and that I should check my oil weekly (which I do anyway).