2.5 radiator

tyke100 · Sep 8, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
Cardboard is handy for taking viscous off mainly
Very hard to get wrench In there without damage if they are stiff.

Just take your time with the cowl they can be brittle

I have corrugated roofing plastic sheets. I use those.

I try leaving the fan on.
I have no tools to take it off and I guarantee if I take it off more work appears .
I have 3 cm space when moving the plastic cowl back. That should be enough sliding the rad out and the new one in.

RangeRoller dt · Sep 8, 2020

Tenebreaux said:
Where the F would I get a marble these days?

We all borrow Alan’s

Don’t go after HChicken.

Use your imagination- any small object will detect the baffle, marble won’t get stuck though.
Useful for check if overheated as they can rot out over time rendering rad useless

RangeRoller dt · Sep 8, 2020

@Tenebreaux - they are about half way along the top

tomcat59alan · Sep 8, 2020

RangeRoller dt said:
@Tenebreaux - they are about half way along the top

And they look like this,but you cannot see them without an endoscope.

brianp38dse · Sep 8, 2020

Front grill also needs to be removed before the panel above the rad.

Tenebreaux · Sep 8, 2020

Touch wood, I have no overheating problems yet. But at some point I do want to check the water pump, I really don't want mine to do a RRDT and esplode into the rad.

RangeRoller dt · Sep 8, 2020

The new nissens rad. Was Xmas and I though bugger it will do one more trip. That night I learned what limp mode is when cooked, worse than unplugging MAP
No head gone!
10 mile walk home Xmas eve with glare in my eyes

Original pumps tend to go bang 130,000 miles somewhere around that mark. I was about 138 iirc

RangeRoller dt · Sep 9, 2020

tyke100 said:
i never heard about this marble test before in my whole life.
cant even find anything on you tube abut it.

Now we have shown you here once they read this thread there will be one on there next week

Do not tell anyone how to get in without keys/disable alarm/remobilise etc on the open forum

tomcat59alan · Sep 9, 2020

For @tyke100 's benefit here's how to get your own diesel radiator testing tool.step 1 purchase can as per photo 1,open and pour into glass,washout and cut in two,in the bottom you will find your own testing tool.Keep it safe.lastly drink the contents of the can.

Tenebreaux · Sep 9, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
For @tyke100 's benefit here's how to get your own diesel radiator testing tool.step 1 purchase can as per photo 1,open and pour into glass,washout and cut in two,in the bottom you will find your own testing tool.Keep it safe.lastly drink the contents of the can.

See, this is useful information. None of this fip timing or ecu nonsense.

RangeRoller dt · Sep 9, 2020

He’s good at that too

tomcat59alan · Sep 9, 2020

I thank you, think I'll go and make a new radiator testing tool then answer your pm mate.

brianp38dse · Sep 9, 2020

tomcat59alan said:
For @tyke100 's benefit here's how to get your own diesel radiator testing tool.step 1 purchase can as per photo 1,open and pour into glass,washout and cut in two,in the bottom you will find your own testing tool.Keep it safe.lastly drink the contents of the can.

That is the best rad testing kit i have ever seen, top marks for that one

oakey · Sep 9, 2020

That should be patented

tomcat59alan · Sep 9, 2020

oakey said:
That should be patented

I was hoping for it being put in the Technical Archive.

RangeRoller dt · Sep 9, 2020

Sell enough on the bay they will come up in their ads lol.
If that rear button spring guy sees it they’ll be going for £17 a pop & Utube vid showing you to get the marble in the hole

oakey · Sep 9, 2020

Is it reusable? Or do you need a new one each time?

tomcat59alan · Sep 9, 2020

oakey said:
Is it reusable? Or do you need a new one each time?

One off use mate,I order mine in packs of 10.

RangeRoller dt · Sep 9, 2020

You need to use few each time, best be sure before fitting it

tyke100 · Sep 10, 2020

lol. i dont drink beer btw.

got the new rad delivered the next 2 hours.
a bloody mortgage but is the one i have in.
well if it t is the one it should have for a start.

is not even bolted on the bottom.just slided in the grooves and left there.

we checked with a endoscope and camera thingy. there is a kind of baffle in it. - the new one.
sorry lack of marbles and the supplier guaranteed it is a baffle in it and it is the right one with 3 years warranty on it.

now i try the - 1000s time to download rave. dosnt work for me.
i cant even find it on the forum. sorry i may just not look in the right place.

i watched some videos about changing the rad so i just go ahead later when it arrives and take the old one out and out then the new one the same way in in reverse order.

( without removing the viscous. - for 2 reasons. i dont have the tool for it and knowing me - i more likely damage anything which i just need to fork out and replace as struggling a bit and get it done. )

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