JJs Project Thread - 240 GL Estate

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Problemchild1976

So today replaced the rad with a new one….



Drained the old system into a bucket (which was pretty clean)

Removed the top hose

Then drained the middle pipe into the bucket - interesting thing was that it flowed nicely and then stopped and then a few mins later there was a big glug and it started flowing again and I got another litre out - clearly some flow issues inside.

Bottom hose drained but kept high so as not to fully empty the system

Quickly swapped the rad over - 4 nuts on the fan, 2 screws hold the shroud and 2 x 10mm bolts holding the mounting brackets on and it comes straight out!

New rad put in place

Instead of refilling the system from the header tank I used a hose and gravity fed from the coolant bracket until it was full, then plumbed in the top pipe and topped up the header tank.

While the car was getting up the temp I decided to tidy up the rad brackets and the air filter bracket using a wire brush and some black paint

And refitted

…all done !! 30mins and £55


JJ

Good morn JJ,

Isn't that a radiator for an automatic? It will still work - but obviously some of the cooling area will be wasted.

Alan

[Problemchild1976]

Originally Posted by Othen

Good morn JJ,

Isn't that a radiator for an automatic? It will still work - but obviously some of the cooling area will be wasted.

Alan

Yeah it is - but the community told me it’s fine

Classic swede only sells the 1 type

JJ