The upper hose neck on my radiator broke, i ordered a new one but the fitting were different from mine, parts guy looked up a different brand and the line fitting on the bottom were different too.
On my rad the fittings are angle towards the left side of the car, the new radiator has them straight, other than that the radiators are identical. I have a 2004 SL 4 spd auto. My question is would it make a difference if I install the radiator with the straight fittings?

 

If the upper and lower hoses work then I would say yes. However, I say this with the following restrictions.
1. The transmission coolant lines are in the same locations.
2. There are no kinks in the hoses that restrict the flow of coolant. Very important on the lower hose because the water pump sucks from the bottom of the radiator.
3. Do not know what radiator that you purchased but TYC, APDI/PRO and Specuta all show different parts numbers for 4 speed radiator and 5 speed/manual radiator. The the 4 speed the TYC number is 2693, APDI/Pro is 8012693 and Specuta is CU2693.

 

Thanks for your response, that was the same part number I got, the parts guy opened two other boxes and the same. Yesterday he ordered one more from the warehouse and this one had the fittings angled to the left. Someone may had put the wrong radiators in those boxes.