Euro Car Parts - result! ;-)

[T i m]

Daughters little 01 Corsa C 1.2 is still plodding on and now with
205,000 miles on the clock (she only wanted to get it to 200,000) but
it sprang a water leak from looked like the bottom of the rad a couple
of days ago and she's been nursing it about since.

Ordered a new rad from Euro Car Parts yesterday evening, got the 40
odd % discount, daughter dropped her car off this morning, had a
courtesy call from ECP checking I would be in, it was delivered just
after lunch and I fitted it this afternoon. ;-)

MOT due in Jan so it only needs to last till then (only running on 3.5
cylinders). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Are the bolts that join the fan frame to the rad always rusted
solid? ;-(

[newshound]

Post by T i m
p.s. Are the bolts that join the fan frame to the rad always rusted
solid? ;-(

Yes

[T i m]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:06:23 +0100, newshound

Post by T i m
p.s. Are the bolts that join the fan frame to the rad always rusted
solid? ;-(

Yes

;-)

It was actually a similar issue with the top rad mounts (everything
feeling like it was going to shear off (or bolt heads had already been
sheared off)) so I took the bottom radiator mounts off the subframe
instead.

I also thought of replacing all the hose clips, from those springy
ones you have to release with water pump pliers (if you don't have the
right tool) but given they were still very springy and had worked for
19 years, I put them back on.

I'm guessing they might also 'self tension' better than the basic
Jubilee clips and because they overlap at the joint, might provide a
more 'all round' / linear 'grip' (than the basic ones) as well.

Don't fix what's not broken. ;-)

Cheers, T i m