Radiator!!!

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Golan

Golan

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After spending a pile of cash just before Christmas on airbags air pump and glow plugs my trusty Rangie repays me by splitting her radiator :-(
I've had and look through some of the other threads and I'm getting the feeling this isn't going to be cheap!
 
If it's the plastic header that's split, I have seen that mentioned a few times. It may be that they are prone to failure. When you get the new rad, before you fit it do the marble test to see if the centre baffle is in place. Drop a marble or smooth stone in one pipe entry, tilt the rad, if the stone come out of the other pipe entry, the rad is no good.
 
Datatek said:
If it's the plastic header that's split, I have seen that mentioned a few times. It may be that they are prone to failure. When you get the new rad, before you fit it do the marble test to see if the centre baffle is in place. Drop a marble or smooth stone in one pipe entry, tilt the rad, if the stone come out of the other pipe entry, the rad is no good.
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Thanks for that advice Keith,
With that in mind I'm going to ring the company some of the guys have mentioned and ask them about the baffle.
I'm really hoping it's only the rad and nothing more serious as the tax and mot are both dew as well! :-(
 
Golan said:
Thanks for that advice Keith,
With that in mind I'm going to ring the company some of the guys have mentioned and ask them about the baffle.
I'm really hoping it's only the rad and nothing more serious as the tax and mot are both dew as well! :-(
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Road tax:eek::eek::eek: None of that nonsense over here:D Just pay if I want to use the autoroute, plus the MOT is every 2 years:D:D:D
 
:welcome2:hi , dont know if this helps but worth a 10p phone call ..ring joe at EMMOTTS OF COLNE its in lancashire tel no 0128259468 give him details he may have one .. brilliant company use them all the time , they will courier it next day for you , good realistic prices too . hope this helps cheers mozz .:)
 
Datatek said:
Road tax:eek::eek::eek: None of that nonsense over here:D Just pay if I want to use the autoroute, plus the MOT is every 2 years:D:D:D
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Do you know I had a feeling you were going to remind me about that!
My friend loves to remind me that the land of wine and cheese is a little forgiving to the car driver!
Mind you isn't income tax a bit steep over there?
 
mozz smith said:
:welcome2:hi , dont know if this helps but worth a 10p phone call ..ring joe at EMMOTTS OF COLNE its in lancashire tel no 0128259468 give him details he may have one .. brilliant company use them all the time , they will courier it next day for you , good realistic prices too . hope this helps cheers mozz .:)
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Thanks for that,
If I didn't want advice I'm in the wrong place! ;-)
I'll give them a call in my lunch hour.
 
Guys,

I'm looking for a supplier of this metal rad. It's the 2nd one i see on a P38 here in France.

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Regards

Florent
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
my understanding was that road tax??? was incorporated in with Insurance?
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No absolutely not. My insurance is no dearer than it was in the UK, includes europe wide recovery and unlimited travel with comprehensive cover and a hire car if needed after a breakdown, plus limited hotel or train expenses. None of the UK 90 days maximum Europe cover for a hefty fee as I had with UK insurance:D
 
Golan said:
Do you know I had a feeling you were going to remind me about that!
My friend loves to remind me that the land of wine and cheese is a little forgiving to the car driver!
Mind you isn't income tax a bit steep over there?
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Not if you are working and have kids, a married couple with 4 kids will pay no tax on €60K pa. Very good also for a pensioner on a modest income, my tax rate last year was 4.7%. Social charges are another matter, an employer will pay almost as much in social charges for an employee as they pay in salary, but at least we have a health service that works for the money. I pay no social charges on my pension as the charges are paid by the UK government:D:D:D:D
 
996TURBO said:
Guys,

I'm looking for a supplier of this metal rad. It's the 2nd one i see on a P38 here in France.

photo1ec.jpg


photo2ij.jpg


Regards

Florent
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If you ask me that looks bespoke! There used to a firm near me that could make you one from scratch or repair your old one, but now that most rads are made of plastic they've all gone out of business I guess.
Shame really.
But wouldn't mind finding out who they are myself!
 
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