Your Chevrolet Lumina radiator has a central role in your cooling system, and its function is supported by the numerous other parts that make up that essential system. Found in the front of the engine compartment, just behind the grille, where it can benefit from the cooling flow of air that passes through it when the vehicle is in motion, your radiator serves to cool the liquid coolant that passes through it after running its course through the engine, collecting heat. Its design, which includes fine metal fins to increase the surface area available for heat dissipation, allows it to perform this task well, but also leaves it a bit vulnerable, as does its position.

In order to dissipate the heat as efficiently as possible, the metal used in the manufacture of your radiator is thinner than that of other parts in your vehicle, so your radiator is a bit more vulnerable to corrosion and to damage from the occasional chunk of road debris that makes its way up and into the engine compartment from the road below. Its position behind the grille is essential to its ability to cool, but the wetness and debris that passes through can encourage rust to set in and front end collisions can cause real damage to your radiator.

Rust can also start inside of the radiator, and then flake off as the fluid passes through, collecting in curves to form clogs. Thus, it is not at all unexpected to have to replace your Chevrolet Lumina radiator at least once during the lifetime of your vehicle. You’ll find an excellent selection of radiator replacements in our user-friendly online catalog, affordably priced and ready to be safely ordered using our secure online ordering system or with a fast toll-free phone call. And, there’s no need to worry about extra fees for ordering something that weighs as much as your Chevrolet Lumina radiator, as we offer free ground shipping for all orders of $50 or more.