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New radiator and Japanese with Chinese - Toyota Corona, 2.0 L, 1993

As I wrote in the previous post, I fell on the radiator.
Having unexpectedly bought a Chinese duplicate for myself, it's time to put it.
Having bought 4 liters of antifreeze in advance, I went to the garage.
On the advice of a friend, I didn’t drive the wheelbarrow into the pit, I thought I’ll do it… After that I was very sorry.
I had to unscrew the protection, remove the hoses, etc., and all this while lying on the cold floor in a minimum of space.
Running in before I will say - the old (oddly enough) Japanese radiator turned out to be somewhat heavier than the new Chinese one. It is understandable that it costs almost twice as much (contract). The Chinese apparently save on metal;))) Of course, the old one had dirt and residues of antifreeze ... but nonetheless.
When I started to remove the old one, I could not remove the power connectors of the coolers. Iponians their mother ...
It came to unscrew the coolers from the radiator, and take out the radiator without them.
Didn't forget to drain the ATF from the automatic transmission's lower transmission oil cooling tank. I then poured it back through the dipstick.
In general, the Chinese duplicate differed only in the legs of the lower part, on which it stands on the body. They were smaller in diameter, but there was nothing terrible about it, tk. it is still attached from above ...
And so everything fell as it was.
The only thing was to lubricate the temperature sensor, because it started to leak a little.
PS I put the lid on the old one at 0.9 Bar

This is how the first Chinese piece appeared in my crown.
Well, let's exploit. There will be something to compare.

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