Radiator replacement - TVR or Land Rover ?

[taylormj4]

Hi I have a leaky radiator that needs replacing.
A search on here shows some people say that the Land Rover radiators will not fit as the bottom pipe does not have a 90 degree bend to clear the chassis, but others say that they have successfully fitted the (cheaper) Land Rover radiator.

Which is true ?

Cheers,
Matthew

[mb450]

I had mine recored at a local radiator place. Cost < 200 quid and they did it same day. Saved me the hastle of phaffing about trying to figure out what the orignial was from.

They even painted it up - looks brand new - sorted out my cooling problems a treat

[andy-w]

i bought mine from a land rover spares place near birmingham...cost £60 and was the same as the one i took out...not had issues with overheating and it has got a 90deg elbow at the bottom that clears the chassis very easily.

Cant remeber the name of the place....i have got the invoice at home somewhere and shall dig it out...IIRC it was from a discovery.

[dhf]

if you can stretch to it fit a Leven Radiator,you won't regret it.

[JKY]

look at the pic here on the V8 radiator - has the 90 bend on the bottom hose
http://www.famousfour.co.uk/new_parts/parts-veh-di...

[FlipFlopGriff]

Recore the original but get the 3 core as opposed to 2 core (or is it 4 as opposed to original 3). Any radiator repair place will do it - approx £125.
FFG

[shpub]

taylormj4 said:

Hi I have a leaky radiator that needs replacing.
A search on here shows some people say that the Land Rover radiators will not fit as the bottom pipe does not have a 90 degree bend to clear the chassis, but others say that they have successfully fitted the (cheaper) Land Rover radiator.

Which is true ?

Cheers,
Matthew

More importantly the LR rads often have different mounting points and are also missing or have as an extra pipes. It is easy to get your original recored so that you know that it will be the right fit. As FFG says get it uprated at the same time to a 3 core spec.

[mb450]

mb450 said:

I had mine recored at a local radiator place. Cost < 200 quid and they did it same day. Saved me the hastle of phaffing about trying to figure out what the orignial was from.

They even painted it up - looks brand new - sorted out my cooling problems a treat

I meant to say I got my core upgraded at the same time - opps!