donmacn wrote:

One of the suggestions i got when I asked this same question was to go for a recore. Mine 300tdi was well shot - lots of the fins were gone and some of the coolant pipes were completely unsupported, but it did have the metal end tanks so was able to be rebuilt.

When the guy measured it, he said he could also get a bigger core into the same space, so i went for that. I think it was a little more expensive than buying a new one, but not that much.

I asked the question on here, so a search should find it.

Edit - dug it out - here's the thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58753...t=radiator

mini Anaconda wrote:

After filling the rad and expansion bottle I took a hose off the heater matrix and filled through the hose until all air was expelled. I have found in the past this is the best way to remove any air from the system. I don't think that leaving it ticking over it would ever get warm enough.
In the past after a long run, while it never got hot, the engine would smell quite warm and the rad was quite hot. Probably have the opposite problem with it running to cool now.

I will keep this in mind, my dad decided to bleed it through the rad top, he said some air had come out of the system, laugh was he said it was fine, and it didn't need a bleed What a fool he is at times! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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mini Anaconda wrote:

I am going to need to replace my radiator sooner or later and need a bit of advice on which one to buy. Most of them seem to have plastic ends tanks which I guess are probably not so good?
I also see that Bearmach list one with brass tanks at about twice the price, would that be better?
With regards to the oil cooler connections, are they all the same? I think my rad (and engine) is out of a Discovery form 1992 or thereabouts.
Many thanks.

I have the same problem - and ordered the Bearmach one with brass tanks. Their technical advisor told me I need the adaptor BTP1823U to match the oil line fittings. Well, it turned out that the BTP1823 does not accept these adaptors and they offered me to return the radiator and suggested I should order the cheap radiator with plastic end tanks...

Hence my question, is there really no adaptor that would fit this radiator and accepts the cone style oil fittings, such as NTC3858 for example?

This is what I need:


Could it be that these are still the old oil lines from the original 19J? Could I simply swap them to have the matching thread for BTP1823?





And if not, which reasonably priced radiator with metal end tanks could you suggest?

cheers
Philippe