A cross-flow lightweight aluminum/plastic radiator is used. The radiator incorporates a brazed aluminum cross-flow tube and center core. Plastic end tanks are fastened to the core with clinch tabs and sealed with a high temperature rubber gasket.

The right side end tank houses the transmission oil cooler, radiator outlet, coolant level module fitting and radiator neck. Transmission oil cooler quick-connect fittings are sealed to the tank with rubber gaskets and nuts. The radiator outlet connects to the inlet hose of the engine. The coolant level module fitting is used to install the coolant level module. The coolant level module is retained to the tank with a retaining clip and is sealed to the tank with an O-ring. The radiator neck is a filling point for engine coolant, sealing surface for the pressure radiator cap and has an outlet that the coolant recovery reservoir hose connects to.

The left side plastic tank houses the radiator drain cock and radiator inlet. The radiator drain cock is located in the radiator at the bottom of the left side end tank. The drain cock assembly includes the drain cock and the drain cock seal. This drain cock is used to drain engine coolant from the cooling system. The radiator inlet connects to the outlet hose of the engine.

Air, passing through the radiator, cools the engine coolant as the engine coolant passes from the inlet tank on the left side of the radiator, through horizontal core tubes, to the outlet tank on the right side of the radiator. Fins between the tubes of the radiator increase the efficiency of heat transfer by creating a larger surface area for the cooling air to pass over. Cooling air passing over the fins is directed through the radiator by the use of a deflector mounted under the front fascia, a baffle directing that air through the A/C condenser and radiator and a pair of shrouded electric fans that pull the air through into the engine compartment.

Two quick-connect fittings on the outside of the outlet tank on the right side of the radiator are connected to a transmission oil cooler located inside the outlet tank. Transmission oil cooler lines are connected from the transmission to quick-connect fittings. A/T fluid is pumped by the transmission through a transmission oil cooler feed line to the transmission oil cooler upper inlet quick-connect fitting. The A/T fluid temperature is regulated by the temperature of the engine coolant that surrounds the transmission oil cooler as the A/T fluid passes down through the transmission oil cooler. The A/T fluid leaves the transmission oil cooler through the lower transmission oil cooler outlet quick-connect fitting and returns back to the transmission through the transmission oil cooler return line.