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(Message started by: Chieftain on Jul 13th, 2010, 6:47am)
Title: 24v radiators
Post by Chieftain on Jul 13th, 2010, 6:47am
Seen on here several times mention of "bulged" rads on the cossie.  Is the bulge at the bottom? i ask as I have been loosing coolant for a while but could not find the leak.  yesterday doing the oil change thought the rad looked a strange shape and when I squeezed the bottom hose part of it moved (rad) and small ammounts of coolant leaked out.

How easy a task is it to replace the rad and where is the best source for replacements?
Title: Re: 24v radiators
Post by Tons_of_fun on Jul 13th, 2010, 8:11am
Speaking from experiance...... Not too bad a job. First thing to do is get the front of the car as high as possible ( i had a pair of 500mm high ramps ). Next get yourself a large container to drain your coolent into. Place container under the bottom hose of the radiator. Slacken bottom hose & remove from radiator SLOWLY ( prepare to get a wet sleeve :-) ). When all coolent has drained undo the gearbox coolent pipes just above the bottom hose outlet ( be prepared for a small amount of oil to leak out ). Next crawl out from under the car & have a cup of tea ;-).  Remove the radiator top hose & return hose from the expantion tank ( carefull not to break the male union on the bottle ). Reach down the fan shroud & un plug the fan connections ( there's 2 of em ). Ok back under the car & with the aid of a support ( i used a trolley jack & block of wood under the radiator ) undo the 2 mounting bolts either side of the rad ( these will most certainly be rusted & may well snap... Been there got the t-shirt ) Let the jack take the weight of the radiator while you ease the rad out of the top support mounts ( 2 pegs going through the slam panel ). You may have to manouver the radiator through some oil cooler hoses, but be gentle & it will come out eventually. When out hold it above your head whilst making 'Tarzan' noises ( well it worked for me ) to celebrate your achievment. Have another cup of tea, swap the fans over & repeat the process in reverse. A word of warning though, when refilling the system with coolent make every effort to avoid an air lock in the system. I had a really bad lock up & it frightened the life out of me. Turned out ok in the end though. All the best bob, take your time & it will be ok... Craig :-)
Title: Re: 24v radiators
Post by Simmo on Jul 13th, 2010, 8:24am
Before re-fitting a new one you might do well to look a bit lower on the page at a post by Highlander and Gozz Here (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1278325950) about using the 16v rad. As you may be aware the 'debate' about the cause of bursting 24v rads has run for as long as I can remember. From what'Tarzan' says it seems to be a job you don't want to repeat! :).
Title: Re: 24v radiators
Post by Chieftain on Jul 13th, 2010, 9:26am

on 07/13/10 at 08:11:18, Tons_of_fun wrote:
Speaking from experiance...... Not too bad a job. First thing to do is get the front of the car as high as possible ( i had a pair of 500mm high ramps ). Next get yourself a large container to drain your coolent into. Place container under the bottom hose of the radiator. Slacken bottom hose & remove from radiator SLOWLY ( prepare to get a wet sleeve :-) ). When all coolent has drained undo the gearbox coolent pipes just above the bottom hose outlet ( be prepared for a small amount of oil to leak out ). Next crawl out from under the car & have a cup of tea ;-).  Remove the radiator top hose & return hose from the expantion tank ( carefull not to break the male union on the bottle ). Reach down the fan shroud & un plug the fan connections ( there's 2 of em ). Ok back under the car & with the aid of a support ( i used a trolley jack & block of wood under the radiator ) undo the 2 mounting bolts either side of the rad ( these will most certainly be rusted & may well snap... Been there got the t-shirt ) Let the jack take the weight of the radiator while you ease the rad out of the top support mounts ( 2 pegs going through the slam panel ). You may have to manouver the radiator through some oil cooler hoses, but be gentle & it will come out eventually. When out hold it above your head whilst making 'Tarzan' noises ( well it worked for me ) to celebrate your achievment. Have another cup of tea, swap the fans over & repeat the process in reverse. A word of warning though, when refilling the system with coolent make every effort to avoid an air lock in the system. I had a really bad lock up & it frightened the life out of me. Turned out ok in the end though. All the best bob, take your time & it will be ok... Craig :-)



Thanks for explanation Tons, only dissapointing part of it was the fact that only two cups of tea are mentioned.  Any suggestions on best place to get a rad?
Title: Re: 24v radiators
Post by Tons_of_fun on Jul 13th, 2010, 4:45pm
I had mine re cored by a local firm here in Birmingham ( Ready rads ). A very clever chap who was well versed with the balooning rad issue in 24v's. I had an uprated 48mm core fitted ( had to wait an extra week for the core to arrive from germany ) & am happy to report no cooling problems what so ever :-) Best thing though was the price....... £110 + vat ( or there abouts ) :-) :-) :-). Shop around m8. There are loads of re core places about, although past experiance tells me to avoid anything to do with courier services..... The last courier who delivered me a rad played football with it :-(
Title: Re: 24v radiators
Post by Snoopy on Jul 13th, 2010, 6:32pm
Here is a write up of replacing the Radiator on the 12v and it is the virtually the same for ALL the models

RADIATOR ARTICLE (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/radiator.htm)


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