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Matt63
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24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« on: Aug 11th, 2011, 10:03am » |
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Good morning. Had a sudden loss of water yesterday in High Wycombe. I thought it was just a radiator hose coming off but on looking carefully the hose had a bit of the radiator still attached to it. The AA man and the garage both say it needs a new radiator.
Been quoted £400+ just for a new radiator. Anyone on the board got one? Would a facelift 24v radiator fit?
Thanks in advance!
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gozz
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #1 on: Aug 11th, 2011, 4:28pm » |
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You can use a 16valve rad,just blank off the small pipe on the header tank that comes from the N/S top of the rad.Several people have done it in the past.A 12valve one will also fit,they have a cooling fan temperature switch on the O/S tank which would be redundant on yours.
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Matt63
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #2 on: Aug 25th, 2011, 4:00pm » |
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I had traced one at a breakers but it turned out to be rotten. Anyone else know of another suitable vehicle being broken?
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arlecdon
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #3 on: Nov 2nd, 2011, 12:29pm » |
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I have a radiator fitted in my 2.9 24v 1995 car if you still need one
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Matt63
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #4 on: Nov 3rd, 2011, 7:50pm » |
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Thanks, I was in fact fortunate to find one via eBay!
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amigafan2003
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #5 on: Nov 4th, 2011, 2:47pm » |
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False economy fitting 2nd hand rads when ebay ones are so cheap (£100 ish).
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Matt63
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #6 on: Nov 4th, 2011, 3:07pm » |
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The cheapest i could find on ebay (for that year and model) was well over £400 and the fitting was going to be £150 anyway? Unfortunately I could not afford that!
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amigafan2003
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #7 on: Nov 5th, 2011, 6:20pm » |
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As said - don't fit the 2.9 24v one.
I have one of these on mine - fits ok with a little bit of lateral thinking in regards the mounts + fan 
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sad_eyes
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #8 on: Nov 5th, 2011, 9:46pm » |
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on Aug 11th, 2011, 4:28pm, gozz wrote:You can use a 16valve rad,just blank off the small pipe on the header tank that comes from the N/S top of the rad.Several people have done it in the past.A 12valve one will also fit,they have a cooling fan temperature switch on the O/S tank which would be redundant on yours.
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I done this on my 24v over 2 years ago with no probs.
You can also change the header tank so you won't have the extra hose connection.
Dave
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Mike H
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Re: 24v Radiator (pre-facelift)
« Reply #9 on: Nov 6th, 2011, 10:22am » |
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on Nov 5th, 2011, 6:20pm, amigafan2003 wrote:As said - don't fit the 2.9 24v one.
I have one of these on mine - fits ok with a little bit of lateral thinking in regards the mounts + fan |
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Aluminium alloy! £109.99 
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