Stupid Plastic Radiator

My patrol left me stuck on the side of the road the other day at 1AM in the morning driving home from work the engine light came on and temp gauge was off the scale DOH. :mad:
Upon opening the bonnet i had discovered the top hose was disconnected from the radiator because the plasitc pipe had broken

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so in order not to let that happen again i bought my self a aluminium radiator from ebay nice bit of kit for only $400 heavy duty 3 core with a 12 month warranty too
As you can see from the pics below its a fair bit wider than the original so the plastic fan shroud had to have a corner trimmed to prevent it touching the wheel arch.
Also replaced the hoses and clamps while i was there

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Nice welds couldn't fault it

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Functional Bling :bananarock:
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So far works great
Might get the old one repaired somehow just for a spare but only if it not to expensive

Cheers
Darren

Old one looks dirty mate, mustve been from Coopers...LMAO!!!

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Originally Posted by AB

Old one looks dirty mate, mustve been from Coopers...LMAO!!!

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You bet im still finding dust everywhere
Its almost a shame that my new bling bling radiator will look like that soon LOL

My '96 GQ 2.8t did the same thing last week. not happy but picked op one from the wreckers for $195.00 6 months warrantee had it tested and cleaned $30.00 all now working

This happened on my commonhore recently...........sh1t its part af the whole top tank!! ENTER feropre the best in vention since bailing twine and liquid nails!! Well its lasted 3mths so far.

My GU has the huge aluminium radiator and thermos, but thinking of getting rid of 'em going back to original. Katrol going to doc's next week. Will wait for diagnosis first !

Are all the GU radiators the same? ie, will the 4.5, 3.0, 2.8 fit into the 4.2?

This is something I want to do before it leaves me stuck in the middle of the bush somewhere

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Originally Posted by GUte

Are all the GU radiators the same? ie, will the 4.5, 3.0, 2.8 fit into the 4.2?

This is something I want to do before it leaves me stuck in the middle of the bush somewhere

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There are 2 main types of radiators fitted to GU's but I don't know which model got which radiator.
There is the huge wide radiator shown above or the narrower but taller radiator. The tall radiator has a dropped front crossmember in the chassis to accomadate the extra height.
I can't help with interchangabillity between the different engines, there may be differences with outlet sizes and position.

Tony

Cheers Tony, I know for a fact my front crossmember hangs low as I couldnt get my winch in without removing the bullbar, where others have got theirs in with it fitted, must be the different xmembers you talk about

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Originally Posted by xtreme patrol

you bet im still finding dust everywhere
its almost a shame that my new bling bling radiator will look like that soon lol

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shame to take it bush mate nice and shiney,ah what the heck aye dunk her in the river then up a dusty road and you wont know the difference lol