Should I be Worried Valeo Radiator

[flango]

I started this Thread 15/09/13 about my Valeo Rad that was fitted into the car on 02/12/2002 as stated on the lable. Thinking,, well its been in the car for 13yrs and as not gone wrong so am lucky.

Ah how wrong i was 16/10/13 it happen, water ingress into autobox lining contaminated the car did'nt no what gear it was in, so was in limp mode.
A week before, i had check the coolant res which was down, by 2 pints, topped up thought nothing of it plonker haha.

So garage bill £ 3154.83 Bargain NOT

Had Full overhaul of Auto box new Torque Converter and new Rad Fitted

Rad as a 2 yr guarantee
Box as a 1 yr

Shock/Horror they fitted a new Valeo Radiator

A203 500 42 03 RA1409, 876942G C Made in poland 28/07/13

Now have a nice CLK 270 CDI for sale

If you were going to sell it why did you just not put a second hand box on it for a quarter of the cost ?

 

[Twistedmind]

Your nuts if you sell it now. As pointed out above the rad will be fine.
Only a batch was faulty. Done some digging around.
Also the people on here are clued up.

I'm swapping mine as soon as possible. Got emails flying everywhere for prices.

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[grober]

The Company

Since 1992 Frig Air S.p.A. has been an Italian distributor of radiators, heaters and spare parts for motor vehicle climate control.
We are part of an international organization, HACTEC Global Services, that also includes 2 production companies, I.N.F.R.A., located in Venezuela, Techrad, located in China, and the marketing companies Frig Air France, Frig Air Iberia and Frig Air Deutschland.
Frig Air SpA, Italian distributor of radiators, heaters, spare parts for motor vehicle climate control


NISSENS

Production
Nissens has got three factories in Denmark and one factory in Slovakia with a total production area of 63,000 m².

http://www.nissens.com/Customer/AUTO+-+Automotive+spareparts/production.htm

 

[Twistedmind]

Ok. Spoke to nissens direct. Gave me loads of contacts for stockist.

GSF came up with a good price and speedy delivery.

Job for Sunday on the cards. Just need to get my hands on some new O rings

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[mersum1es]

Some facelift models are using A2115000200 (Behr M8740001) type radiator, which can be installed in series of current rad (or so I've been told in Finnish forum). Plastic shroud in needed (installed by rivets), and new hoses.

 

[Twistedmind]

When refilling the coolant, is it ok to use the halfords premixed orange stuff ??

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[Harlowcabbie]

Think you are only meant to use the recommended anti freeze which I believe is the blue stuff . I'm sure I've heard before it's a bad idea to mix the two types so if it had blue in before I'd stick to the same on refill. I'm sure though that someone else will confirm or reject this.

 

[Twistedmind]

Ok. I can get 5L of the Titan blue stuff from europarts.

How many Litres of fluid does the system hold ? And what's the mix 50/50 ???

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[mersum1es]

W210 270CDI manual says 12,6 litres, I believe W211 is close to that too.

 

[Twistedmind]

So stick in 5l of antifreeze and top up with water ??

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[Twistedmind]

I take it that was a stupid statement

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[TJC]

Well it made me chuckle at work

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[Twistedmind]

TJC. lol. How much do I whack in ?

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[grober]

TJC. lol. How much do I whack in ?

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Use a 50/50 mix water /antifreeze -----premix it before adding is the best approach if you are uncertain how much you need to add.

 

[Twistedmind]

Oh Christ. What a mission. The rad has never been changed. Old valeo one.

Radiator hoses had to be cut off. Corroded on

Also the ATF solid pipes connecting to the radiator had rusted through. Had to cut them off too

Car in bits !!! Not good

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[Harlowcabbie]

I take it then that you had a problem and changed it rather than just out of panic over it being a valeo radiator. After all it was a small proportion of them that had the prob and as the old saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it.

 

[Dieselman]

I take it then that you had a problem and changed it rather than just out of panic over it being a valeo radiator. After all it was a small proportion of them that had the prob and as the old saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Nope.

Mission on. Looks like I have the valeo

Who's doing good deals on radiators. DIY on the cards

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[Harlowcabbie]

Money to burn

 

[Twistedmind]

I was loosing coolant.

Damaged hose in the end. But glad I found the corroded ATF pipes. They were mashed. Just fell apart in my hands. So all good. Apart from the ball ache of pulling half the car apart.

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[Twistedmind]

Are the hoses a mb direct part ??

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