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Ash Martin
Tinkerer
SA
V8

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Reg: 12-2007

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 Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 10:52 pm, by:  Ash Martin (Awam) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Hot night in Adelaide, spirited driving in hills.

One huge crack in top tank, very messy engine bay.

No permanent damage, stopped immediately, let it cool down, filled with water and idled home.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8

Posts: 2774
Reg: 11-2005

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 12:01 am, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Nasty...

Whats a new radiator worth?
Brenton Trafford
DieHard
SA
V8 Limited - UZZ31

Posts: 711
Reg: 08-2005

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 09:15 am, by:  Brenton Trafford (Traff) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Shouldn't need a new radiator, just the top tank.
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual

Posts: 1031
Reg: 04-2006

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 04:16 pm, by:  Ben Lipman (Ben12a) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
New top tank, complete recondition of radiator including straightening fins, clean, paint etc cost me $200 at Natrad last week. Just pull the radiator out and take it in to them.

Simple.

Or you can spend $900 on a new alloy radiator. Thats as far as I got. Very happy with my reco'd one.
Joshua Rao
Goo Roo
WA
JZZ30 vvti GT-L

Posts: 1236
Reg: 09-2006

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 06:20 pm, by:  Joshua Rao (Soaren1) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Mine was $320 drive in drive out
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 07:33 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Hmmm I'm a little confused on this.

Just to clear it up,

The top tank is the top bar part of the radiator?

Or are we talking about the plastic reservoir tank thing which has the radiator cap and level sensor on the left hand side of the engine bay?
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31

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Reg: 11-2004

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 Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 09:06 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Mike, TT's don't have the same setup as V8's, no bubble tank with level sensor for one thing.

This discussion has been about top tanks - top bar of the radiator.

V8 top tanks cost more (bigger), and then there is the leaky bubble tank issue which is around $300 to buy and is an easy DIY to replace.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8

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 Friday, November 14, 2008 - 12:27 am, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ah right, that cleared it up.

Thanks Peter :-)
Ash Martin
Tinkerer
SA
V8

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Reg: 12-2007

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 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 12:11 pm, by:  Ash Martin (Awam) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
All sorted out, upon inspection the bottom tank was also on its way out so the whole radiator and a number of hoses were replaced.

Took a while to clean all the engine covers.

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