Radiator help

[M5Ivan]

My car has been running hot as the weather is warming up. The coolant was just replaced before I bought it, but I'm not sure if it was flushed. I added a pusher fan and have been contemplating getting a shroud. I ordered a shroud from Summit but found out when it arrived that I don't have the original 383 26" radiator. Mine is from a '70 or '71 Dodge, although which one escapes me at the moment. Anyway I took this picture last night of the inside of the radiator and could see that it's rusted and plugged. Is there any hope that a few flushes will help?

[WHITE AND RED 69]

I'd pull it and take it to a radiator shop to see if they can clean it out.

[moparnation74]

I'd pull it and take it to a radiator shop to see if they can clean it out.

X2 and flush the entire system

[lukedukem]

mine looked like that too, once. i just replaced the radiator with a new aluminum one. the one i pulled weighed a ton, and only drained like 1 gallon from the system. it had that much corrosion. i didn't think it was worth saving. but you can try what these guys said, take it to a shop. good luck

Luke

[303 Mopar]

By the time a shop to run a rod through that core, and it may be better, you could get a decent new rad for not much more.