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Offline PeteG40

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what radiator for my g40??
« on: August 01, 2008, 01:01:03 pm »
i think one of my end tanks has sprang a leak.

I'm looking at a new one - g40 specific ones are £104 from vag
there are some on ebay  Â£45+delivery
gsf - approx £50

i know gt/g40 ones are supposed to be specific - are pattern ones up to the job??? are aftermarket ones g40 ones but people fit them to cls etc. - I need advice!!

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Pete

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Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2008, 01:41:50 pm »
the one on mine at the moment came from Germany via EBay it was about £50 all-in.  It's a genuine one as in it has the smooth end tanks and the proper GT/G40 VAG part code on it but it appears to have the larger tubes in the core more like the non-GT/G40 ones do.  It seems to do the job just fine though.  I suspect VW don't bother with different cores anymore.  Or I suppose there is a chance that the guy on EBay is making pretend g40 ones but that seems highly unlikely to say the least!  He also sells non-GT/G40 ones for a couple of quid less.  

I ran an replacement aluminium one (made by Nissens) that I borrowed off a mate for a while, it seemed to work OK too but I wanted to replace it with a proper one.
« Last Edit: August 01, 2008, 01:42:19 pm by hayesey »

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Re: Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2008, 12:03:21 pm »
Could you try a radiator repair place for a price?
There is a difference on the surface cooling area on the OE types. Couldn't tell you if VW got rid of the standard version later on though, to save on production costs.

Mk2 G40 rads are copper cored and also have the greater cooling surface area to the standard mk2 380mm rad. The matrix is designed more like the intercooler type too i've noticed. At  £200 from VAG, i settled for a new standard one though!
« Last Edit: August 02, 2008, 12:05:10 pm by Nick_S »

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Re: Re: Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2008, 12:30:38 pm »
re-coreing came in at £90

hayesey - you got a link?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2008, 06:05:44 pm »
This is the guy I bought mine off:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Radiator-VW-Polo-86c-1-3-G40-Turbo-man-11-90-9-94-NEW_W0QQitemZ260050843906QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260050843906&_trkparms=72%3A985%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14.l1318

In fact if you look at the purchase history you can see when I bought it!  Weird, I didn't think you could have ebay auctions that lasted over a year!

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2008, 01:40:54 pm »
Looking at that one you posted the link to, i would guess its a re-cored pattern radiator. It has the GT/G40 end tanks, but the core is the same as the CL spec rads (17 horizontal rows). The OE G40 version has 24 horizontal rows, with smaller diameter cores.

http://www.polog40.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16
« Last Edit: August 03, 2008, 01:42:53 pm by Nick_S »

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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2008, 03:37:23 pm »
yeah you could be right, although the end tanks and everything look brand new.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: what radiator for my g40??
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2008, 05:24:17 pm »
i might splash out then and get a proper vag one

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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2008, 09:24:01 pm »
I replaced mine with a patent part type, can't remember which brand it was, pretty sure it came from GSF or it may have been feleghaus on ebay, but it fitted and works fine.  TBH its more effiecent that the original to the point that I never have hot temp issues anymore, I guess the original was furred up on the inside and out making it more like a 'water keeper warmer' than a radiator of heat!