VY Radiator cores

[VYMAD]

Hey guys, been looking on EBAY and see a few aluminium radiator cores for sale. Question is: Are the factory fitted raddy cores also aluminium?
Cheers

[GenReaper]

Yes and IMO the standard ones are fine you dont need to blow money on aftermarket stuff unless you want the bling factor.
Mine as well as a few others all use stock radiators and pushing big numbers and dont have any dramas.

[db_notso]

yeah no need to change really and if your using ebay to replace a damaged one cheap
you would be better off doing an exchange with a raqdiator shop will be far cheaper normaly! and you know theres a warranty on what you buy!~

[VYMAD]

Thanks guys, I have nothing wrong with mine, it's just that when I read on EBAY "aluminium core" I wondered if factory ones were made of some other material. Cheers guys, appreciated.

[db_notso]

fair enough!~ yeah they are all alloy nowadays until you get custom shit done anyway which isnt really needed !~

[soop]

My factory radiator seperated at the plastic tanks.
Solid alloy one wouldn't. Something to think about.

[VYMAD]

Oh, so there is a difference? Well when mines craps itself I'll replace with solid aluminium.

[soop]

That's what I plan to do.

[VYMAD]

Yeah, well Soop I had a VY a few years ago (the one my ex rolled) And not long after we got it the radiator develeloped a leak. I was told that they have rubber seals in the side tanks and because the car had been sitting for quite a while before we bought it, the rubber seals had dried out.

So what are the factory cores made of?....................Plastic???

[soop]

Nah they're alloy cores lol.

Mine gave up in the summer heat. Been bodged up with liquid nails and epoxy resin since :P.

[Sean880]

Oh, so there is a difference? Well when mines craps itself I'll replace with solid aluminium.

If you have a good look at the construction of your radiator you will see its a combination of aluminium and plastic components. This is typical of many OE units on a large range of vehicles including high end brands. It is cheaper to build them this way. The plastic components, and the overall construction, will not last the life of the vehicle as they are not up to the task and are usually the first to fail. Of course the vehicle warranty has expired by this time and you have to pay for a new unit.

Typically many of the radiators in European cars will blow out at around 130,000 kms.