The Sheep Worrier

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Evening guys,

Noticed the other day a bit of steam coming from the left hand side of my rad on the car (as your looking at it) , had 10 mins to look at it this afternoon and I have a leak on the Seam weld near to the bottom of the rad. The steam of seen the other day was it evaporating when dripping onto the manifold.

The rad is an aluminium one , only about 3 year old, think it was an eBay job if I remember. Perhaps not one Of my greatest purchases in hindsight.

Any recommendations on a not too expensive replacement? And I suppose Itd be wise idea to replace the rubber hoses at the same time for samco or something similar, any recommendations there aswell?

Cheers in advance guys

Rob

Allan S

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Mishimoto FTW lifetime warranty

S10WRC

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You'll not go wrong with an oem Calsonic or Nissens rad

The Sheep Worrier

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Nice one cheers men, I'll have a search for them now!

Cheers rob

Allan S

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http://www.ra-motorsport.co.uk/Produ...20111115093626

The Sheep Worrier

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Thanks for the link, that particular rad is for non turbo engines, but I'll have a look now there'll probably be one for mine, not cheap mind bit of a shocker that one!

Cannon Fodder

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Have you tried Plumb Centre Rob?

It also might be worth trying Fastrads in Cwmcarn or Ricketts Radiators in Swansea.

The Sheep Worrier

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Haha I thought it wouldn't be long before you turned up ty! If I thought I could get one of my Stelrad Softline rads out of the van to fit it , I most DEFINATELY would!!!

Cheers for them, I'll try and get some contact numbers for them tomorrow and make some enquiries.

Cheers my ickle Turkish cherob

dazdavies

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A new standard OEM rad. More than proven in the Gobstopper.

The Sheep Worrier

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Fair one, if it's good enough for them it'll do me. My only worry is my old one developed a crack in the side core, and from what I gather with them it's quite common? Don't want to fit one and it go and lead to hg failure!

Thanks , Rob

drive

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I took mine to ricketts radiator's llansamlet

01792 796504

duckdo

Dragon rads for me knock spots of ricketts for service and advice

01792 799321

The Sheep Worrier

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Thanks lads, are the company's you talk of suppliers or do repairs? And would thy deliver? Only I'm a good hour away and havent got any time to travel with it being the heating season im snowed under with work!

Cheers again

The Stitcher

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what he said

The Sheep Worrier

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Sounds good to me lee, bit as I said, what's the average life expectancy on one, cos I've heard if so many failing, I don't want to run the risk of it bursting or splitting while driving, not noticing, and havving the car overheat or worse.

Cheers mucca

Mishimoto

Thanks for the thumbs up! I would be happy to answer any questions.

Thanks

STI5300

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I had the same prob on my STi, the plastic by the top hose starts to crack with pressure and age. I bought a std one off Fragon Radiators Llansamlet 2 yars ago for £80

The Sheep Worrier

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Thanks for everyone's input, I ended up going for an oem rad with 2 year guarantee, I would have likes to have gone down the mishimoto rad road but due to me at a bit of a crossroads ATM regarding whether to keep the car or replace , I didn't want to be spending too much on it.
Cheers again all