K4L4M1TY Member 32 Member For: 5y 1m 25d Posted 14/11/19 04:02 AM Share Posted 14/11/19 04:02 AM (edited) Hey all, I was out yesterday and when I parked my car(BF XR6T) I heard a lovely loud noise from the radiator area after it was off but thought maybe due to the recent hot days it was just the fans on high. When I got home I thought I had better investigate so popped the bonnet and noticed it was a sizzling sound and that there was a small amount of coolant burning off on top of my radiator so I assume I have a hole or crack in my radiator. I also noticed that my overflow bottle was very low, I had been watching my temp gauge sit just under half but I notice that happens when I'm stuck in traffic or giving it some beans so not quite overheating yet. So I'm on the hunt for a new radiator and may as well look at a trans cooler at the same time as I have planned to do a tans oil change too. Been looking around and see plenty of cheaper radiators online, especially all alloy ones which I assume is a better option than a factory one again. Been looking at the forums etc for any experience with the ebay ones such as the gpi advertised ones but can't find much. I would imagine since it has been some years since a lot of the mposts here that people would have used these a bit more now and looking for any information/experiences with them. I know that PWR and possibly Plazmaman make the top quality ones but I'm not really ready to spend a thousand on a radiator. Any suggestions would be great as it's my daily at the moment and would like to get it sorted sooner rather then later. Edited 14/11/19 04:03 AM by K4L4M1TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 14/11/19 06:03 AM Share Posted 14/11/19 06:03 AM FenixThey make a 32mm heavy duty one that is a direct fit.Factory is 20 something mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4L4M1TY Member 32 Member For: 5y 1m 25d Posted 14/11/19 09:16 AM Author Share Posted 14/11/19 09:16 AM Definitely like them and will probably grab one in the future if I want to upgrade, for now I got a oe replacement one as too many bills at the moment piling up. Now on to trans oil cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 14/11/19 09:01 PM Share Posted 14/11/19 09:01 PM Dude it's cheaper than a Ford radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle173 Donating Members 774 Member For: 15y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 16/11/19 05:59 AM Share Posted 16/11/19 05:59 AM On 14/11/2019 at 5:03 PM, OZYWALKER said: Fenix They make a 32mm heavy duty one that is a direct fit. Factory is 20 something mm. Will there be enough room in there to fit this behind the bigger coolers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 16/11/19 06:46 AM Share Posted 16/11/19 06:46 AM Yep. Radiator width goes from 26 - 32mm. So SFA difference but the extra width goes towards the motor so fits easy. It a bit of a squeeze but I fitted 50mm to my F6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 10y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 16/11/19 09:50 AM Share Posted 16/11/19 09:50 AM Will there be enough room in there to fit this behind the bigger coolers?Direct fit.They use basically factory style end tanks. It's not a full alloy radiator. And fits straight up.Their full alloy radiator are a tight fit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 16/11/19 10:42 AM Share Posted 16/11/19 10:42 AM Yes and no. I just added 3mm of washers so the rad did not rub on my nizpro cooler.Was really a straight drop in, BUT I like things perfect. My rad is fenix full Ali. Fenix dont make an Ali one for FG no more. But I reckon you could mod a BA BF one to fit. Or just by a full Ali one from PWR. My BF F6 Pwr is 42mm and 13 years old and my BA F6 50mm Fenix is 6 years old. No issues with each and keeps the cars nice and cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K4L4M1TY Member 32 Member For: 5y 1m 25d Posted 17/11/19 03:22 AM Author Share Posted 17/11/19 03:22 AM On 15/11/2019 at 7:01 AM, OZYWALKER said: Dude it's cheaper than a Ford radiator. Yeah but still 3x an oe aftermarket jobbie, right now I just need something to put it back on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/11/19 03:27 AM Share Posted 17/11/19 03:27 AM Be careful of those cheap ones. You get what you pay for,.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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