Aluminium Radiator Is It Worth It?

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

hi, i want to get a new rad for the gti 1.9, its standad in the engine form, i was going to get a ally nissens one from e gay for around £60 delivered, is it worth getting it and spending the extra, or should i just get a new one from gsf's?

 

also anyone know if i can get it any cheaper anywhere alse?

[welshpug 1,657]

get exactly the same item from GSF for £40

[Ryan 99]

Most replacement rads are aluminium, usually exactly the same Nissens rads people sell on ebay for a mark-up.

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

the one on gsf website is £54.45 plus vat, they also have on that says 205 and its £154!!! whats that for? i guess if i get a rad i'd know if its alloy as a magnet wont stick to it?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

The current GSF ones are poor to say the least and when fitting a Mi in makes it very slightly more space dependant

[welshpug 1,657]

worth checking what they have in stock if thats the case, ECP do nissens as well IIRC.

[saveloy 8]

I bought one from GSF and it came un-painted and was a bit taller than the standard item. Lord knows who made it.

I painted it before fitting it just to preserve it for a little longer.

Buy a Valeo item and have done with it. If you want to run cooler then fit a lower rated fan switch.

[Rob Thomson 6]

I bought a rad from GSF a couple of months ago and was pleasantly surprised to find that is was a Nissens. Only cost ~£45 too IIRC.

 

If I wanted to run cooler I'd fit a 'cooler' thermostat, not fan switch.

[MrG 3]

My nissens was only £54 delivered.

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

who was that from mrg? lol

[MrG 3]

from these people: radicool

 

I rang GSF and they couldn't garauntee a nissens rad nor could eurocarparts, so did a search these came up, I ordered and the following day I had the rad!

[NeilGTi85 5]

On the "Radicool" site there are 2 listed for the gti 1.6....

 

YB63729A PEUGEOT 205 XS/GT/CTI/GTI 1.6 1580 XU5JP/J2 G M 0 1984/01 > / 1300.K5 610 288 32 P/A £ 48.65

 

YB63725 PEUGEOT 205 XS/GT/CTI/GTI 1.6 1580 XU5JP/J2 G M 0 1984/01 > / 1300.K5 610 286 33 P/C £ 95.13

 

What is the Black P/C??

 

I'm looking for a new rad for my GTi6,

 

Cheers

 

Neil

[TVH 0]

On the "Radicool" site there are 2 listed for the gti 1.6....

 

YB63729A PEUGEOT 205 XS/GT/CTI/GTI 1.6 1580 XU5JP/J2 G M 0 1984/01 > / 1300.K5 610 288 32 P/A £ 48.65

 

YB63725 PEUGEOT 205 XS/GT/CTI/GTI 1.6 1580 XU5JP/J2 G M 0 1984/01 > / 1300.K5 610 286 33 P/C £ 95.13

 

What is the Black P/C??

 

I'm looking for a new rad for my GTi6,

 

Cheers

 

Neil

 

A = Aluminium

C = Copper

 

I have the aluminum one in my track car

[NeilGTi85 5]

A = Aluminium

C = Copper

 

I have the aluminum one in my track car

 

Why would you want a copper rad?? I'm guissing ali would be lighter and disepate the heat better and for half the price??!!

 

I know the older cars traditionly had copper rad's but I dont think 205's were copper originally??

 

Neil

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

how do you get on with the ally rads?, that company list them on ebay buyit now for £51 and £8.99 delivery. whats the £95 that someone has mentioned on here?

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

just brought one from radicool direct for £48 delivered!! the same company seel it for£51 buy it now on e bay pluss £8.99 delivery as i said earlier!! lol, pays to look around plus get help from people on here!!

[Ryan 99]

Why would you want a copper rad?? I'm guissing ali would be lighter and disepate the heat better and for half the price??!!

 

I know the older cars traditionly had copper rad's but I dont think 205's were copper originally??

 

Neil

 

Copper dissipates heat better than aluminium (in theory silver is the best, but nobody is going to build a rad out of that!). Aluminium is good enough though, as the 205 doesn't run that hot and the rad is plenty big enough. It's a lighter and cheaper too.

[TVH 0]

Copper dissipates heat better than aluminium (in theory silver is the best, but nobody is going to build a rad out of that!). Aluminium is good enough though, as the 205 doesn't run that hot and the rad is plenty big enough. It's a lighter and cheaper too.

 

Car manufacturer's have to design the cooling system to dissipate enough heat when 50/50 glycol/water mixture is used. Specific heat capacity of pure water is two times greater than specific heat capacity of 50/50 glycol/water mixture. That might be one reason why Peugeot chose more expensive copper rad for the GTI.

 

Aluminium rad is more than enough when using pure water, haven't tried it with glycol mixture as I'm driving my track car only in summer.