Radiator removal

[FredE]

[QUOTE=mountainman]Does the radiator in a petrol XJ have the tanks held on by lots of little metal tabs like the TD Xjs do??

Mountainman yes they do they are the plastic tanks and I had been lead to believe that they were not repairable Greg188 Suggest that you go the aftermarket one they are around the $450 mark at least if you intend to keep the rig you will be able to get it cleaned at a later date if needed the reason the plastic ones are fitted new is manufacturing cost not because they are better

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-JEEP-CHER...QQcmdZViewItem Link to ebay for ratiators

[greg188]

yeah it has the plastic tanks with the metal clips, i'm thinking it may be worth while to get a new one, The radiator mob i go to actually build custom ones too, so maybe they'd be able to whip me up a better one, perhaps even an aluminium one. I guess it'll depend on how many $$$ for it to be worthwhile.

[mountainman]

Yup - thought so. The O rings in the original radiators can be replaced. the bloke who did mine ended up only charging the cost of them for the whole job ($40 each !!!!) - still feel ripped off.

Id be going a new one - the reason i didnt was that all the trouble i was having with mine occured between Chrissy and New Year and a couple of days before a month long driving holiday of Tassie. So had little option other than a new jeep one......and only just managed to get that one in time !! A new full metal one will remove any doubt that the bugger works properly. By the way a new jeep original cost me $700. Sounds like a 'no-brainer' to me

[DazzaXJ96]

If you need to replace your radiator then consider upgrading at the same time as it doesnt cost that much more for a much better product. I recently upgraded to a full metal radiator (no plastic tanks or o-rings). This brand (as promoted on http://go.jeep-xj.info/) had 37 tubes as opposed to my original which had 24 - see picture attached. I was also told that the tubes are wider which carry a larger volume of water and they have dimples inside the tubes that "turbulate" the water rather than just flowing through it. Total cost $530 as opposed to $430 for an original.