The radiator appears to be identical to my OEM radiator, but there are a few oddities that had me scratching my head thinking, "huh, maybe because it's aftermarket...?"
The upper and lower hoses fit on just a tad loosely in my opinion. I know for sure there was a bit more resistance pushing my hoses onto the OEM radiator.
It's not only that though, I had planned to use my old radiator cap after making the swap to this new radiator, but something was a little off there too. My cap that had worked fine on the OEM radiator wasn't locking onto this new filler neck. It was actually popping off while under pressure.
I bought a new OEM Motorcraft cap to get it fixed up, thinking the cap was maybe worn out, and while it did fit better, for whatever reason while pushing down and twisting it on, the cap actually twisted past it's stop and broke loose again. I've got it situated on there now to where I think it's OK, but something about that filler neck doesn't give me a lot of confidence that my cap isn't just going to randomly pop off while under pressure again.
What kind of vehicle do you drive? 2002 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0 SOHC
