fuggin typical....

[philoldsmobile]

pulled the camaro out of the garage today, and took it for a quick spin.

got home, parked up, and as walking away, looked round..

BUGGER! its pissing out water. yup...the 2 year old rad has gone.


add another couple of hundred pounds to the month from hell..

camaro tax
astro tax
astro windscreen
bike exhaust
Astro stereo
camaro rad

[55starchief]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

BUGGER! its pissing out water. yup...the 2 year old rad has gone.

Same as titsy then, his rad is also gone south

[philoldsmobile]

camaro or focus?

[rayc]

Did you put antifreeze in it young man!

[55starchief]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

camaro

Yup camaro, it has a split in the plastic side piece i think him or dean is gonna see if dave has one from the 4th gen hes breaking

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: rayc

Did you put antifreeze in it young man!

cirtainly did! 5 year stuff..

the plastic side tanks on the camaro have a habit of cracking.. that was what my 1st rad failure was..

[rayc]

Bars leak!

[philoldsmobile]

nah, i do long runs in the camaro so it needs to be 100%

i'm half tempted to order a brand new rad rather than recore the one i have, but its over £250

[ianjpage]

ahh cr*p not wot you wanted then

[Roadkill]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

but its over £250

Titsy found a new one for £145 on eBay . . . . For a 4th Gen . . .

[55starchief]

I found a summit ali rad fro $249 for titsy's maro so looks like your getting stiffed mate

[rebeltrucker]

Quoting: 55starchief

see if dave has one from the 4th gen hes breaking

Good question. As far as I know its intact, but it got pretty toastie under there so i'd have to make sure it was pucker. Aint had the time to start pulling it to pieces yet, but if its any use to someone......

[F Body]

Dang I'm staying in bed


On the plus side at least you were both parked up and didn't cook the engine

[Titsy]

Quoting: rebeltrucker

but if its any use to someone......

How much would you be looking for, only i'm not overly flush after buying the car.... I would need it pretty quick too (assuming the price is right) I'm not sure how long the patch job will last, and I don't want to get cought out...

[Incursus]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

i'm half tempted to order a brand new rad rather than recore the one i have, but its over £250

Got one for the Fiero for a smige(sp?) over £100 from MK Rads in Stony Stratford. Was a lot cheaper than I could import or get from USauto or JWR.

[art b]

2years aint good for a rad the plastic must be under stress then?
vibration,overtightening?

[philoldsmobile]

mine is the core gone...

either its been punctured by a stone or something (probably the most likely cause TBH)  or one of the solder joints was never made properly and fracured.

first rad cracked the tank - the origional rad in the car

second failure was a bad core, it was an exhange rad from a shady place that claimed it was reconditioned, but in fact had simply been painted (they had even painted over the flies stuck in the core)

that rad was fully rebuilt by a VERY good company, so i can only guess its been punctured, the bottom section of the rad is a bit vunerable in the sport coupe, as its actualy open the the atmosphere.