blown radiator

[VYMAD]

Hi my radiator is leaking from the plastic side tank, sre these repairable or is it a new radiator job? Need to know asap

[VYMAD]

It's sorted out, they aren't worth fixing, bought new radiator. Mods please close thread.

[Kingston_99]

did you buy another plastic one? or do it properly and get an alloy one.

[0081]

did you buy another plastic one? or do it properly and get an alloy one.

The cheap alloy ones are crap also a good quality plastic one is fine

[Chilly]

Hey guys, might be in need of a new one for my VT, can you give me an idea of what i can expect to pay?? cheers.

[Kingston_99]

The cheap alloy ones are crap also a good quality plastic one is fine

who said anything about a cheap one???
i was more on the lines like PWR and so on.

"Good quality plastic one is fine" so your first rad broke from plastic end tanks.... so what ya do, go get another one... keep it up buddy. someone has to keep the world going around.

[chargedvx6]

The cheap alloy ones are crap also a good quality plastic one is fine

Have you ran one these? My cheap one is fine. I had it next to a pwr one and for the $700 price difference, there aint a lot of improvement with the PWR one.

[MR_VX]

Have you ran one these? My cheap one is fine. I had it next to a pwr one and for the $700 price difference, there aint a lot of improvement with the PWR one.

what brand alloy one did you buy and where from??? how much $$$ was it?

[0081]

Have you ran one these? My cheap one is fine. I had it next to a pwr one and for the $700 price difference, there aint a lot of improvement with the PWR one.

No i have not run a alloy one, but when mine split i looked into my options and spoke to several people (performance places and just rad supplyers) and they all said the cheap alloy ones where not that good and one place said they had seen them fail with a small head gasket leak.

I also wanted the heavy duty one thats 26mm over the standard 16mm (or there abouts) and i also was told they are crap and not to expect anymore than 2 or 3 years from them.

Yes the good quality alloy ones are good but you pay to much for them, a good plastic one will set you back less than $250 just for the rad its self and seeing you pay $800plus for a alloy one its just not worth it in my book

[0081]

And the cheap alloy ones i saw where not a direct replacement, i would have had to modify the mounting of the fans which i did not want to do

[VYMAD]

did you buy another plastic one? or do it properly and get an alloy one.

I just needed one in a hurry, saturday arvo. Rang Repco, $340, rang Autobarn $199. Went to Repco to buy the coolant and told them I'd be buying the radiator there too if it wasn't $340. The bloke said theirs are made in Brisbane and Autobarn's are made in China. He had a look on his computer and came back saying he'd do it for $225. $115 off. That'll do me, he gave me a three year warranty. Mate, if it lasts 3-5 years I'll be happy. Considering the factory one was a plastic tank job and it was seven years old.
How long will an alloy tank one last? Would want to be a bloody long time when I can get a good plastic tank one for a couple of hundred bucks!

[chargedvx6]

what brand alloy one did you buy and where from??? how much $$$ was it?

Got it from Holmart online. It's a SSS brand with warranty. Direct fit up for VT-VX but needed to do a 5 minute mod to one of the fan mount points with my VY. Has twin 300mm in tank oil coolers too

[Vt_vic]

when mine split in the ss it was only 350 for a new plastic one with 3-5 years warrenty form the workshop

[VYMAD]

when mine split in the ss it was only 350 for a new plastic one with 3-5 years warrenty form the workshop

I been searching around and $250 is about the maximum you should pay for a plastic radiator.