Cracked main Radiator - repair

[s2driveruk]

I think Hella and Behr are all realted. As long as it's not Nissens then you're laughing, expecially if you have AC, the weight of the condensor killed my NIssens in 2 years and it looked awful too!

i'd go with that just doing a simple search:

http://www.behrhellaservice.com/Channels/Home/Home.jsp

looks like you bought the good one

[Fat Audi 80]

I thought the aircon rad was infront of the main rad?

Depends where you are standing.

[Fat Audi 80]

It is. Fatty's got it wrong for once. I almost always agree to anything he says

Thanks David, I will take that as a compliment!

[Sonic]

I think Hella and Behr are all realted. As long as it's not Nissens then you're laughing, expecially if you have AC, the weight of the condensor killed my NIssens in 2 years and it looked awful too!

Yep, the Hella part is the right one. I used to same advise from you when i ordered mine

[avants2turbo]

Yep, the Hella part is the right one. I used to same advise from you when i ordered mine

what did you pay for yours, the one ive ordered is about £147

[Sonic]

Cant remember exactley but i think it was around £120 inc VAT - its definitely gone up!

[avants2turbo]

Cant remember exactley but i think it was around £120 inc VAT - its definitely gone up!

typical... barstuards

[vonbeck]

dont believe this mine`s done the same

[PeterS]

I hate to say this, but if you can get over a decade of life from a radiator, you are doing pretty well...
It's almost one of those "fix it before it breaks" situations.

How often do folks even consider examining or possibly replacing the radiator as part of a big HP upgrade?
You are after all increasing the output of a heat pump...

[vonbeck]

hi do you have the part number mine`s only about 5 years old, radiator that is

[vonbeck]

part number anybody for main radiator aby coupe? the one with the bleed screw on top

[kwlw]

Just in case

I have same issue in June this year. After I replaced the radiator ($ and ), one guy told me, how to fix that. I haven't tried, however it may work.

First you need soldering iron and stainless steel mesh (is sold in form of cylinders as filters for kitchen sinks or something). You can also use some heat gun (remember - use tool to heat the mesh, not for making huge hole in the plastics!). The goal is to mold piece of mesh into plastics (you can experiment on other plastic crap first), which will be main structure element, which holds plastics together. After that use some epoxy (like recommended here), to make sure, that there are no micro-leaks.

Sounds a bit hard, but I don't see any reasons why it should not work. I know, that plastic bumpers are fixed similar way, however guys use mesh with bigger holes...

Of course - new radiator is way better thing to get, however it's not always so fast (I was waiting for 3.5 weeks to get it).

Sau

[Jamo]

The reason it cracks there is because most people do up the bolt with a ratchet and socket, big no no as you'll crack it in no time.

Tighten with a spanner only.

[vonbeck]

can anyone confirm this this the part number for main radiator aby coupe non aircon

893121251s

[Nuvo]

can anyone confirm this this the part number for main radiator aby coupe non aircon

893121251s

Yes, that the right number Simon.