Hello everyone, just bought a 1996 Ford Ranger XLT V6 3.0 cylinder Single Cab Stepside, Automatic,one owner truck with 136K miles on it. This truck has been well maintained and runs excellent. I have owned it for about 3 months and have had the oil changed and and had a tune up done. My question for the group is the radiator has a lot of rust in it and the overflow bottle is full of rust. I am wondering should I just have the radiator flushed and new coolant added or should I replace the radiator completely. The radiator is not leaking at the moment but I don't know that much about mechanics so I thought I would put my question to the group. I don't drive the truck much, I am partially handicapped and only use it to go to the Doctors and run errands around town. Any help with my question would be greatly appreciated.

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1996 Ford ranger single cab XLT with stepside bed, 6 cylinder 3,0 motor, 137K Miles it is very similar to the Ranger Splash in looks..This Ranger was kept in excellent condition by previous one owner.

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Hi, welcome. My radiator is in the same shape, full of rusty gunk. Guys at the shop said I should try a radiator flush but would probably need a new radiator. I did neither and tht was nearly a year ago. Truck runs fine and I get the oil changed every 3,000 miles where they add coolant as needed. So I don't know.

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