I have an 05 Mazda 6 2.3L and I am just looking for a good quality and reasonable priced replacement radiator. Any suggestions would be greatly appreaciated.

 

Where in the world are you?

 

almost all the aftermarket radiators are made in china. look out for the all metal(black, brass/copper, heavy) ones. the one i got for our millenia did not have a drain. i returned it. i have changed radiators in both our millenias at least 3 times. i get them from oreilly auto parts locally. we keep our cars a long time, so a lifetime warranty works for me. however, the first radiators were made in mexico, and i gotta say, the chinese ones are worse. make sure you inspect it BEFORE you leave the store. this is one of the main reasons i dont get some of my parts shipped. at least 2 of the radiators were warped so bad, i made them get another. one of them, if it was set down on a flat surface, while the middle would touch the ground, each end was like 2 inches high. i didnt think it was possible to make a core that curved. also, since the radiators are for automatics, they have a cooling tank inside. i returned 2 of them because the fittings for the tanks were loose, and trans fluid leaked. lucky for me it did not leak internally, and i caught both of them early. i bought a new genuine radiator on ebay for a great price, and the much better quality of the genuine radiator is easy to see. i would not buy an aftermarket radiator off ebay. and dont bother getting a used one

 

I am in Southern California. Thank you for the info