P38A Radiator Woes

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kermit_rr said:
Remember the temp gauge isn't. It's a nominal gauge that shows cold, warmer, normal or dead.
When my viscous fan was good, normal driving temp was 92, idle was 95-96. When the fan started to fail, i could see the driving temp creep up over a period of days. I swapped it when driving temp was 94-95 and it went back to 92. I didn't make any other change or ways the rad etc at that time
The temp gauge in the dash status on 'normal' waaaay past 100, i don't recall the figure but by that time a V8 is likely cooked
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The gauge is on normal from 85C to at least 105C on the P38 diesel, maybe higher but I did not fancy going further.
 
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kermit_rr said:
Remember the temp gauge isn't. It's a nominal gauge that shows cold, warmer, normal or dead.
When my viscous fan was good, normal driving temp was 92, idle was 95-96. When the fan started to fail, i could see the driving temp creep up over a period of days. I swapped it when driving temp was 94-95 and it went back to 92. I didn't make any other change or ways the rad etc at that time
The temp gauge in the dash status on 'normal' waaaay past 100, i don't recall the figure but by that time a V8 is likely cooked
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Never been near the red. I rarely tow that much weight these so haven't seen it in a while.
 
Here is the new rad - and I did it all by myself... which as regular readers know I always have to distinguish between 'I' when I really mean the Royal 'We' - meaning someone else did it - and 'I' when I mean I actually did something myself!

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Had to do a bit of jiggery pokery on the locating flanges (ooh that sounds technical - bound to be the wrong phrase)
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But once in;
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And the old one;
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And in the process of removing it I realised there is nothing wrong with it - just a bit muddy - but the new one gives increased cooling, and when I (Royal 'We') have added a new OEM Fan as well it should be arctic!
 

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Salisbury Nick said:
Here is the new rad - and I did it all by myself... which as regular readers know I always have to distinguish between 'I' when I really mean the Royal 'We' - meaning someone else did it - and 'I' when I mean I actually did something myself!

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Had to do a bit of jiggery pokery on the locating flanges (ooh that sounds technical - bound to be the wrong phrase)
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But once in;
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And the old one;
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And in the process of removing it I realised there is nothing wrong with it - just a bit muddy - but the new one gives increased cooling, and when I (Royal 'We') have added a new OEM Fan as well it should be arctic!
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That does look nice. Is it thicker with more surface area like the original?

Remind me how much that cost?
 
Salisbury Nick said:
Here is the new rad - and I did it all by myself... which as regular readers know I always have to distinguish between 'I' when I really mean the Royal 'We' - meaning someone else did it - and 'I' when I mean I actually did something myself!

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Had to do a bit of jiggery pokery on the locating flanges (ooh that sounds technical - bound to be the wrong phrase)
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But once in;
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And the old one;
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And in the process of removing it I realised there is nothing wrong with it - just a bit muddy - but the new one gives increased cooling, and when I (Royal 'We') have added a new OEM Fan as well it should be arctic!
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You need to check the top face meets the baffle inside, mine didn't!! I just tapped it gently down to meet the baffle. Otherwise aprt from the awful stop start welding, it's does a great job:cool:
Sorted squire:D
 
Mark Piercy said:
You need to check the top face meets the baffle inside, mine didn't!! I just tapped it gently down to meet the baffle. Otherwise aprt from the awful stop start welding, it's does a great job:cool:
Sorted squire:D
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Thank you Sir.
I had exactly that issue - a bit of being with a hammer/chisel - and some gentle persuasion with a rubber mallet worked a treat.
 
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