new radiator = one very happy rangie

P38Penguin · Feb 16, 2014

Replaced the radiator today and it wasnt as bad a job as I thought, took just over 2 hours (with a few tea breaks) and the result?

Gets to the halfway mark and stays there! Just taken her for a good run to my mums in Hagley and didn't miss a beat, also I found that the cruise control works

I've also changed the air filter and both pollen filters. The air one wasnt bad at all but the pollen filters were disgusting! Black, full of leaves and crap. Cleaned it all out and now have a decent amount of air coming into the cabin.

All in all I'd say it was a very productive day!

mick

tomcat59alan · Feb 16, 2014

P38Penguin said:
Replaced the radiator today and it wasnt as bad a job as I thought, took just over 2 hours (with a few tea breaks) and the result?

Gets to the halfway mark and stays there! Just taken her for a good run to my mums in Hagley and didn't miss a beat, also I found that the cruise control works

I've also changed the air filter and both pollen filters. The air one wasnt bad at all but the pollen filters were disgusting! Black, full of leaves and crap. Cleaned it all out and now have a decent amount of air coming into the cabin.

All in all I'd say it was a very productive day!
Well done that man
mick

Druim · Feb 16, 2014

P38Penguin said:
Replaced the radiator today and it wasnt as bad a job as I thought, took just over 2 hours (with a few tea breaks) and the result?

Gets to the halfway mark and stays there! Just taken her for a good run to my mums in Hagley and didn't miss a beat, also I found that the cruise control works

I've also changed the air filter and both pollen filters. The air one wasnt bad at all but the pollen filters were disgusting! Black, full of leaves and crap. Cleaned it all out and now have a decent amount of air coming into the cabin.

All in all I'd say it was a very productive day!

mick

and

P38Penguin · Feb 16, 2014

Druim said:
and

and I'm wondering to myself why you wasted the energy typing that? Just because you don't find it useful doesn't mean someone else won't.
Every forum I'm on you always get the village idiot, looks like that position is taken on here.

mick

stewd · Feb 16, 2014

P38Penguin said:
, also I found that the cruise control works

Interesting about cruise control... Was it broken before hand? Or just never tried it?

Druim · Feb 17, 2014

P38Penguin said:
and I'm wondering to myself why you wasted the energy typing that? Just because you don't find it useful doesn't mean someone else won't.
Every forum I'm on you always get the village idiot, looks like that position is taken on here.

mick

Informing the forum you've done something a million others before you have done and that there's lots of threads on would fit better in the ongoing thread:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/what-did-you-do-your-range-rover-today-202974.html

And yes I like to take the mick...y

P38Penguin · Feb 17, 2014

stewd said:
Interesting about cruise control... Was it broken before hand? Or just never tried it?

well I pressed the master button on the dash and nothing happened so assumed it didn't work. Did a bit more reading and found that you had to press the left hand button to engage it. To my utter joy it worked

Druim said:
Informing the forum you've done something a million others before you have done and that there's lots of threads on would fit better in the ongoing thread:
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/what-did-you-do-your-range-rover-today-202974.html

And yes I like to take the mick...y

Ahh yes I see your point, but I'm very special, it's the first radiator I've ever changed so I thought that required a new thread

mick

gfromleeds · Feb 17, 2014

Just make sure you've toped up with anti freeze cos you'll kick yourself if it freezes in the cold spell that's forcast

stewd · Feb 17, 2014

P38Penguin said:
Ahh yes I see your point, but I'm very special, it's the first radiator I've ever changed so I thought that required a new thread

mick

How long did it take you to get the Viscous fan off?...

P38Penguin · Feb 17, 2014

gfromleeds said:
Just make sure you've toped up with anti freeze cos you'll kick yourself if it freezes in the cold spell that's forcast

haha, yes I did check it was anti freeze but thanks for saying,

stewd said:
How long did it take you to get the Viscous fan off?...

Getting the fan off was easy, it was disconnecting everything around the shroud to make enough room for it to come out that took the time. I'd say from undoing the first nut to actually undoing and removing the fan was no more than 10 mins.

mick

andycam82 · Feb 18, 2014

Did you need to jack up the car to remove it?

wammers · Feb 18, 2014

andycam82 said:
Did you need to jack up the car to remove it?

If you mean the radiator. Can be done with car on high setting but you must put stands in under chassis legs as a safety precaution.

andycam82 · Feb 18, 2014

Thanks - sorry, I did mean the rad!

I take it the same would apply for switching the water pump as well?

gfromleeds · Feb 18, 2014

wammers said:
If you mean the radiator. Can be done with car on high setting but you must put stands in under chassis legs as a safety precaution.

I prefer to run it up some ramps
Then no matter what happens youve got a good 20" safe space

JamesBB · Feb 18, 2014

I got my old rad out (and the new one in) by just removing the fan couling and leaving the viscous fan in situ.

P38Penguin · Feb 19, 2014

andycam82 said:
Did you need to jack up the car to remove it?

Nope, left the car in normal height mode and as wammers said, put a few axel stands underneath just in case. There's plenty of room underneath to get at the bolts (I would suggest pre soaking in penetrant spray for around 30mins before hand, mine were a nightmare to get off) then it's just a case of wriggling it out.

mick

P38Penguin · Feb 19, 2014

JamesBB said:
I got my old rad out (and the new one in) by just removing the fan couling and leaving the viscous fan in situ.

I thought about that but by the time you've manouvered it around, it would have been easier and quicker to undo the fan, plus sods law being as it is I'd have broken it somehow

mick

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