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Is this the bad radiator part #

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:16 pm
by montanacruiser
Hi all I bought a used 2005 pathfinder. It has 68000 on it. I looked at the part # of the radiator and it is 21460 ea265. Is this the bad one or is mine replaced? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:10 pm
by smj999smj
That's the original radiator.

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:11 am
by montanacruiser
Nice thanks. I called the dealer here in town and the don't even know the part # for the bad radiator! You would think that they would know this and let people know what to do about it before it becomes a problem. They said that they have had a bunch in for the trans problem but put no effort into preventing it. :roll:

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:15 pm
by smj999smj
Well, here's the story... The original radiators were part # 21460-EA215. Most of the radiators had the Calsonic sticker on the top tank with that part number, but some also had the 21460-EA265 part number instead. The -EA265 listing is not in the Nissan part catalog, only the -EA215. At some point, the part number was replaced by 21460-9CA2E, but there were some cooler failures under that part number, so we really have no specific part number that will tell us if the radiator is the updated part or not. That said, we can at least tell that the -EA215 and -EA265 labeled radiators are of the original design that has been prone to problems. Now, just because you have the original radiator doesn't mean it's going to fail; there's just no way to tell. So, as I've often stated, it's just cheap insurance to replace the radiator as sort of "preventative maintenance" (or do the bypass). Aftermarket radiators are cheap; transmissions are not.