Thanks all! Very helpful - can’t name the shop it’s a local one not a chain so I’d be outing the locale of my lovely landy 🤪 the chap on the counter did tell the husband to “do his research” before buying the whole unit though, so at least he was...
For normal use standard rad is all you need for general use 200tdi.
Have a close look at the little fins between the tubes. On an older rad they are often clogged or have rotted and are crumbling away. Things soon warm up then when working...
Excellent that’s what I thought, but the chap in the unnamed shop wasn’t keen on giving any tips that meant we didn’t buy the £800 whole unit!! Thankyou!
Britpart 200tdi radiator will fit and has been fine on ours. You will need to reuse the original adapters where the oil cooler pipes attach to the rad, most likely.
The radiator on my defender 90 200tdi needs replacing due to the fins perishing & though I thought I’d found a compatible one online, when my husband went to a physical store to compare prices, they suggested you had to buy the whole unit rather...