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21st November 2018, 07:42 PM
#2081
Patrol God
I've found that the lip of the radiator can get scored, pitted or slightly out of shape, which weakens the seal. Polishing it with a bit of very fine grade wet'n'dry glued to a flat piece of wood will show any problems in the early stages of rubbing and should fix them with a little bit of elbow grease.
Last edited by mudnut; 21st November 2018 at 07:45 PM.
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21st November 2018 07:42 PM
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21st November 2018, 07:46 PM
#2082
Administrator
Originally Posted by
mudnut
I've found that the lip of the radiator can get scored, pitted or slightly out of shape, which weakens the seal. Polishing it with a bit of very fine grade wet'n'dry glued to a flat piece of wood will show any problems in the early stages of rubbing and should fix them with a little bit of elbow grease.
I showed the cap to Patrolapart and they said the seal looks poor so its looking like the culprit.
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25th November 2018, 07:54 PM
#2083
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Happy days!
Just drove an 8 hour return trip with the van using the new radiator cap.
Temps were perfect although it was a cooler weekend and zero coolant loss!
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19th December 2018, 12:30 PM
#2084
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Annnnd not so happy days!
Just noticed a leak in the corner core of the radiator one week before heading off to Cape Jaffa, love it!!!
Showed the radiator mob and they said the old Natrad 3 core radiators always do that in the corners and I'm very lucky to even get my 6 years out of it.
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19th December 2018, 01:37 PM
#2085
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Originally Posted by
AB
Annnnd not so happy days!
Just noticed a leak in the corner core of the radiator one week before heading off to Cape Jaffa, love it!!!
Showed the radiator mob and they said the old Natrad 3 core radiators always do that in the corners and I'm very lucky to even get my 6 years out of it.
Yeah wow really? I've got the same radiator, it's 5 years old.
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19th December 2018, 03:50 PM
#2086
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Originally Posted by
AB
Annnnd not so happy days!
Just noticed a leak in the corner core of the radiator one week before heading off to Cape Jaffa, love it!!!
Showed the radiator mob and they said the old Natrad 3 core radiators always do that in the corners and I'm very lucky to even get my 6 years out of it.
New Radiator and a full flush of the system sounds like a great idea mate.
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19th December 2018, 07:02 PM
#2087
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Bugger mate, there's always something eh . . .
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19th December 2018, 07:21 PM
#2088
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I know it's never bloody ending!
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19th December 2018, 09:45 PM
#2089
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Tracked one down yet oldest mate?
Let’s get busy ASAP!!
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20th December 2018, 08:52 AM
#2090
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Originally Posted by
MB
Tracked one down yet oldest mate?
Let’s get busy ASAP!!
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Everyone is too busy here, showed YV Rad and they are confident I'll be fine for Cape Jaffa and get it sorted mid Jan.
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