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Why is one heater core $149 ("oem") and the other $49? (they look the same)

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Pokageek

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Whats the difference? Please no "you get what u pay for" comments. Does anyone know? cjponyparts. Thanks.
 
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The only ones I could find was the $44 one on cjponyparts and a $49 one on a dealer website, one seems to be copper and the other seems to be aluminum. Where is the $149 one at?
 

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yukisho said:
The only ones I could find was the $44 one on cjponyparts and a $49 one on a dealer website, one seems to be copper and the other seems to be aluminum. Where is the $149 one at?
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Hmm..I thought it was CJpony.. But maybe it was another site..I will check. Aluminum would seem better .. then you never have to replace it. ADAM where are you dude?
 

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El chepo Autozone here like $60 if i get another 200k out of this one ill be happy lol
 

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OEM seems the way to go from what I hear. Need to find one myself if anyone knows a good deal on one that doesn't suck lemme know!
 
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Give these guys a call, they are a local supplier here, they use to be a mom-n-pop shop till carquest franchised it, but it's all the same except the name. They can find you any part you need and point you in the right direction.

Google Maps
 

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I can't be 100% sure here Keith
but
IIRC ... heater cores are kinda like through out berings

Ya wanna go with the Blue Oval ... genuine part

A search will confirm my gut feelings but I'm pretty sure
I've seen several say they had issues with non OEM hc's
and after multiple installs they sprung for the more costly
OEM part and no more worries

That is a lot of work

One would wanna do it ... ONLY ONCE :Word:


Grady
 

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Thanks guys. Adam check ur PM's.
 
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