Removing Radiator
18 February 2007, 07:59 PM
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I tried changing my radiator today - couldn't flippin get the bottom hose off! 
The wire clip that holds it onto the rad is siezed solid - turning the nut just bent the clip!
I'll need to buy a new clip when I do eventually manage to release it....
The wire clip that holds it onto the rad is siezed solid - turning the nut just bent the clip!I'll need to buy a new clip when I do eventually manage to release it....
18 February 2007, 08:14 PM
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Exactly the same happened with me. The bottom hose clip was seized, I just got a new jubilee clip from my local halford in the end (70p)
Quite a nice easy job apart from that clip.
Quite a nice easy job apart from that clip.
19 February 2007, 11:02 PM
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If only it was that simple.....the bottom support bracket on mine had rusted to the point that it disintegrated as I tried to pull the rad up!
In the end I had to break off the remaining bits of rust, and the two prongs were left behind in the rubber bungs in the bottom cross member of the car!
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