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pinto
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Just driving home when I noticed a loud hissing sound and spotted a lovely jet of water and steam blasting from the front grille of the ultima - looks like the rad has said so long 
Is the cossie rad unique (and uniquely expensive so far - £415 !!!!! ) so an i saddled or can anyone suggest either a cheaper source ? Will the DOHC rad work in its place ?
Im not a fan of second hand rads if i can avoid them
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Highlander
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #1 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 3:43pm » |
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Yep, any auto radiator will do, 16v, diesel, 12v etc
i have a 16v one in mine, just replaced the header tank with the 16v one (extra hose in the 24v) and its ran fine ever since.
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Highlander
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #3 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 7:30pm » |
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yep, the gearbox cooler pipes run through the coolant radiator at the nearside, you'll need an auto rad
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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gozz
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #4 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 7:59pm » |
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pinto.
The Scorp has two coolers,one in the rad and an auxilliary one under the rad.If we drove the cars sedately the rad one would be sufficient,but to avoid the old problems of boiling ATF when towing or caning, the extra one is already there to save us the trouble of finding out the hard way !
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pinto
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 8:46pm » |
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wondering if its possible to just uprate the auxillary cooler and junk the rad one - the chance of £35 radiators is too good to turn up 
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #6 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 9:00pm » |
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Pinto,
I'm not far from you - got a spare 2.3 rad & header tank somewhere in the shed.
PM me if interested.
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Star sign is Scorpio !
Sierra XR4i's are great...especially when fitted with 4WD 
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Stixy
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #8 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 9:10pm » |
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Like this
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Stixy
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #10 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 9:35pm » |
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Yes that will do it just check the clearance between your air con rad & grille
Just a case of extending and re-routing your cooler pipes
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pinto
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #12 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 9:43pm » |
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Very good price too, even with international shipping £47.76 shipped - so looking about £100 all in with the rad !
Think theres plenty of room in the scorp between the rad and grille, or where the existing aux cooler sits
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Baz
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #13 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 10:04pm » |
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Stixy. can you not put the front back on the car after fitting one of those..... or do you have to leave it off like you have done (might make night driving a bit awkward without headlights as well I guess!!! 
Interesting stuff. The begining of the end for my Cosworth was the auto cooler radiator going bang on the motorway near Paris a few years ago. One of these at the time would have prevented a lot of heartache and woe!!
Baz
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Stixy
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #14 on: Aug 23rd, 2009, 10:13pm » |
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on Aug 23rd, 2009, 10:04pm, Baz wrote:Stixy. can you not put the front back on the car after fitting one of those..... or do you have to leave it off like you have done (might make night driving a bit awkward without headlights as well I guess!!!
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Exitement got the better of me and i needed to try it out
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #15 on: Aug 24th, 2009, 6:37pm » |
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are you able to get the radiator re-cored?there is a radiator specialist near myself in belfast that have re-cored a few radiators for me in the past.
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gozz
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #16 on: Aug 24th, 2009, 10:08pm » |
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pinto.
Beware of cheap radiators,they usually have a row or two of waterways short,and although they may offer sufficient cooling they are generally weak and of an inferior quality.
GOZZ.
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pinto
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Re: Grrrrr !
« Reply #17 on: Aug 25th, 2009, 12:38pm » |
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the brand they're selling is the same as the one I had quoted at 415 from a local factor
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