Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 06:56 pm, by: Shaydan Penniment(Shaydy)
Hi people,
My radiator cap has had it. The seal around it i have found has dropped off into the radiator. Where could i get a new one from? I've seen Repco advertise some cool blue ones, but not sure if they will fit.
I also don't want to go to my local Toyota as i just had to pay $105 just to get a new thermostat, o ring, and 5L of coolant.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 04:09 pm, by: Shaydan Penniment(Shaydy)
Yer i'm just going to get the Standard one because i at least know it fits. will get it right after i fix my top tank as it just blew apart yesterday. There hopefully should be a a topic on here on how to take the whole radiator out.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 06:30 pm, by: Ali Saeed(Ali)
if you have the money definitely go for the alloy radiator. when my top tank cracked i took it to oconner radiators, he did a good job, around $180 and painted the radiator too. came out like new
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 06:39 pm, by: Shaydan Penniment(Shaydy)
so how come it's three hundred for me here in bunbury? seems a bit drastic. I'm trying to take it apart myself to save money. but am having trouble undoing the 17mm bolt thats connected to the fan hydraulic motor.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 07:06 pm, by: Myles Jantzen(Maxx999)
I'd always go for OEM cap and try to avoid other higher pressure ones.
Getting the radiator out is easy as and new top tank and flush costs about 200 or so. How long do the top tanks last for? anyone had a bottom one go too?
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 01:07 am, by: Ali Saeed(Ali)
manual radiator doesnt have the inlet/outlet for the automatic transmission fluid. you will either have to buy a separate transmission cooler or get one for an auto.
also you should be looking at mkiv radiators, not mkiii.