As some of you may know, It seems to be a common issue with the two cross over pipes at the front of the car.
Mine was flagged at the last service telling me there was a slight weep, but nothing too serious. However it would need replacement in the near future.
I moved the car out of its tent last month just to run it up after sitting all winter, & found a puddle under the RH radiator. I had a dig around in the garage & found a rad which luckily I had from last year as I'd ordered two when the LH started leaking.
I decided that seeing as the system was drained, I may as well bite the bullet & do the pipework too, & seeing as I was in there, I decided to do them all as it would only be a matter of time...
Anyway, as awkward as they were to replace, here are some of the pictures from them if anyone is interested.
Of course, the pictures would show back to front!
For the record, I was facing a bill over 1k for the job, & the parts came to around £350 including the radiator.
I'm happy to have struck another job off the list :thumb:
The sub frame was quoted to be removed in order to do this job by my local OPC, but luckily I managed without the need to drop it fully.
I was able to get the pipes out & in with a fair bit of jiggery pokery & dropping the sub frame as far as I could on the last few threads of the bolts.
As I mentioned, it was awkward, but do-able without the need to drop the lot. I also coated all the pipe & hose ferrules with Dynax UC after assembly, so hopefully extend the longevity of the new ones.
Next thing will be to get the car in for the geometry to be re set, but it was due this anyway.
The system takes approx 15ltrs of coolant to re-fill as I recall, & has to be vacuumed in order to draw all the air out & suck the coolant back into the system.
Not an easy job, but possible if you are any use with the spanners. I'd have no hesitation attempting it again.
Chuffed! :thumb:
Mine was flagged at the last service telling me there was a slight weep, but nothing too serious. However it would need replacement in the near future.
I moved the car out of its tent last month just to run it up after sitting all winter, & found a puddle under the RH radiator. I had a dig around in the garage & found a rad which luckily I had from last year as I'd ordered two when the LH started leaking.
I decided that seeing as the system was drained, I may as well bite the bullet & do the pipework too, & seeing as I was in there, I decided to do them all as it would only be a matter of time...
Anyway, as awkward as they were to replace, here are some of the pictures from them if anyone is interested.
Of course, the pictures would show back to front!
For the record, I was facing a bill over 1k for the job, & the parts came to around £350 including the radiator.
I'm happy to have struck another job off the list :thumb:
The sub frame was quoted to be removed in order to do this job by my local OPC, but luckily I managed without the need to drop it fully.
I was able to get the pipes out & in with a fair bit of jiggery pokery & dropping the sub frame as far as I could on the last few threads of the bolts.
As I mentioned, it was awkward, but do-able without the need to drop the lot. I also coated all the pipe & hose ferrules with Dynax UC after assembly, so hopefully extend the longevity of the new ones.
Next thing will be to get the car in for the geometry to be re set, but it was due this anyway.
The system takes approx 15ltrs of coolant to re-fill as I recall, & has to be vacuumed in order to draw all the air out & suck the coolant back into the system.
Not an easy job, but possible if you are any use with the spanners. I'd have no hesitation attempting it again.
Chuffed! :thumb:
