Originally posted by Chris5044
I think it should fit ok.
Not sure about the reliability but for £35.....
it will put your car back on the road....
Just dont overtighten those bolts and you will fine!!
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I think it should fit ok.
Not sure about the reliability but for £35.....
it will put your car back on the road....
Just dont overtighten those bolts and you will fine!!
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Buy a Behr rad from GSF, if your local GSF claim ignorance come back to me.
dunno about that rad looks like a Nissens
Word of advice tighten the bled screw with a 13mm spanner and go slowly until it give resistance at this point do not turn any more!
I think a few people use ratchets and thats a method thats going to end in it cracking.Comment
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Oh and Chris buy some JB Weld (plastic epoxy) and put it over the crack on the outside of the radiator.
This will hold for a month or 3 until you get a new rad.
I've posted it up before on the forum and another member used it until they got a new rad, got them out of the sh*t for a while.Comment
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Jamo .... guys at gsf say they have only got the nissans version .. people are saying bad things in this post about them ... and my gsf is saying that not many behr ones get sold there...???
is this a good radiator?
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No mate they are lying dont buy the Nissens, which GSF branch?
We had this before they can get the Behr rad from any GSF branch that has it in stock, they may only have the Nissen in stock at that Branch and so try the hard sell.
Only bad thing with GSF that.
I'll try and find out the stock later.Comment
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Now you till me !!!Originally posted by Jamo
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Originally posted by Jamo
If it helps, I got a Behr one on order from the GSF Heathrow branch ( I know because I actually got a guy named Nigel, to unpack the radiator to be sure it was a Behr
), so I presume they have some more in stock.
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midnight!!!! that was a great help m8!!
they have 1 more in stock!!
im on my way now at a speed of a thousands gazelles!!
need to fit it before billing!!!Comment
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[QUOTE=Chris5044]thats it .. ive had it!!!
going to fix car and get rid of it!!!! QUOTE]
Under pressure radiators crack, just like the owner of this s2
its a 10+ year old car what do you expect
Good luck in fixing it, i had to do mine too but its part of motoring life
ABY Coupe
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my two pfennigs of experience and opinion, if anyone cares....
This is on a 1991 200q 20v (3b)..
I bought a Nissen's radiator because I bought into the "all metal radiator" hype.
Yes the radiator is all metal. But the quality is poor - the paint started peeling the first week, all the threads in the mounting points were also covered in paint and had to be cleaned with a thread tap, etc.
I would not buy one EVER again.
Yes, the stock radiators have plastic end tanks. So what?
Just consider the radiator a replaceable item after ten years of weather exposure and use....the stock radiator will fit without issues...Peter S
1990 ErsatzS2 - track toy
1991 Coupe Quattro
1991 Coupe Quattro
1995 S6 Sedan
1995 S6 WagonComment
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S2Forum to the rescue ! ( Batman sound themeOriginally posted by Chris5044 )
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lol told you Chris they were lying!
Did you remember to buy so G12+ mate to refill the coolant?Comment
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As i discovered last week you can also crack/break/shatter/ the flared radiator inlet (top) if you over tighten the jubilee clip.
What probably didn't help, was a) the plastic was old and a bit crumbly b) the top rad mount was loose which may have put an added strain on the outlet.
I just managed to attach the hose to the remaining bit of the outlet, but suppose I will have to join all you folk and get a replacement Behr radiator from GSF.
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My Behr main rad arrived this morning right on time ! GSF rulez !!!
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