Thread: Radiator replacement, etc

tell ya what, Get your radiator sorted...

while your doing that Im in the middle of helping out guy with his 3.9 rangie V8 with about the same k's on it

so far from checking one big end bearing (just to show him how to get them out) his bearings are worn to the point where If I had to have the donk out Id change them (aint hindsight grand) but if i didnt Id run a thicker oil and nurse it for say another 50k KM..

If its any help since your engines are near enough to identical I'll let you know what else I find so you can make an educated guess as to how much work you want to do.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the heads up, I would be VERY interested to hear what you find so I can get an idea on parts and cost. To be honest if I wasn't so busy I would give it a go myself but since I don't, I would rather pay someone to do it and have it done right first time (hopefully!).

At the end of the day, I am looking to do this as it would be cheaper than buying another Disco' and not knowing what problems I would inherit with it.

Pete'

where are you at mate?

Hi Dave,

I'm on the Central Coast, near Gosford NSW. Why, what are you thinking?

Pete'

From a bit of research, I gather its pretty expensive to get an alloy rad for a 3.9, as they have a cooler in both tanks.
Mine RRC has a NATRAD "940" ? recore which was done 6 years ago by a rad company in Sydney near Hurstville. No leaks and no problems and the cheapest option

I guess my point is that a recore lasts very well if done correctly and the NATRAD is about 20% more efficient than the Rover 4 row even though it is a three row.
If you want the source I can look on the rad, but any good rad recoer should do it properly.
Regards Philip A

Hi Philip, Hows things?
Yeah I know they should be done properly, but I am sure if I go back to this guy, he is going to tell me that it's leaking from a different spot from where he fixed it so there will be no warranty. I have also had a few tubes in the rad' sealed/crimped over the years as they were completely shot, so I am wondering whether a recore on the remaining tubes (recored 15 months ago by the way), is going to help.

As I tow a 2 ton boat most weekends and summer coming with longer dive/camping/4wd'ing trips planned, I find myself wondering whether a repair job is going to be worthwhile.
Even when the rad' has not been leaking, it still gets close to overheating on steep climbs with the above mentioned gear in tow.

So, what to do eh?

Pete'

Originally Posted by Frontier1

Hi Philip, Hows things?
Yeah I know they should be done properly, but I am sure if I go back to this guy, he is going to tell me that it's leaking from a different spot from where he fixed it so there will be no warranty. I have also had a few tubes in the rad' sealed/crimped over the years as they were completely shot, so I am wondering whether a recore on the remaining tubes (recored 15 months ago by the way), is going to help.

As I tow a 2 ton boat most weekends and summer coming with longer dive/camping/4wd'ing trips planned, I find myself wondering whether a repair job is going to be worthwhile.
Even when the rad' has not been leaking, it still gets close to overheating on steep climbs with the above mentioned gear in tow.

So, what to do eh?

Pete'

Pete, when a "Recore" is done, they take your end tanks off the old core and fit them to a brand new core, it's not likely that your end tanks are going to be stuffed, as long as you get a good quality new core fitted there wouldn't be a problem, Regards Frank.

I had the radiator core replaced at Xmas last year it was somewhere round the $600 mark which I was told by various sources was about the correct figure, at least that part of the system has been working.

They had actually done a repair earlier and said that if it leaked they would take the repair price off the recore - which they did

Cheers Guy