oliveoil
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:06 PM |
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polo rad
hi everybody this is my first post i have velocity xt, i am trying to fit polo rad and it is not going very well, can anyone help. thanks les
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adithorp
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:15 PM |
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Welcome.
Whats the problem fitting it?
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oliveoil
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:23 PM |
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To wide to go in between the original mounts. The bottom hose outlet of the radiator and radiator fan switch touches the chassis.Tnaks Les
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wilkingj
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:30 PM |
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Hi, can you put your approx location in your profile, as it will help others to help you.
Cant help on the Velocity, I'm a Viento man myself.
Shouldnt be too hard to sort,
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2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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big_wasa
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:31 PM |
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The xt is more or less an Irs locost. This is a polo rad in my locost.
[Edited on 24/9/12 by big_wasa]
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oliveoil
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:47 PM |
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polo rad
hi big wasa mine has two brackets going from the top chassis rail to bottom rail thanksles
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 07:49 PM |
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Which Polo rad do you have as there are a few different ones?
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oliveoil
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| posted on 24/9/12 at 08:01 PM |
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polo rad
hi rusty nuts its the smallest one with 380mm core thanks les
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snapper
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| posted on 25/9/12 at 06:20 AM |
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You need to adapt the brackets you have or
Make new ones for the radiator and bolt them to the originals or
Cut the old ones off and weld new ones to the chassis.
There are many ways to skin a cat and with kit cars as you will find out every problem is specific to your car but can be solved with a bit of lateral
thinking
A photo speaks a thousand words so your first task is to work out how to post photos on this forum which is much harder than most jobs you will have
to do on your car
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oliveoil
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| posted on 25/9/12 at 06:42 AM |
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polo rad
hi snapper thanks for the info will try and post a photo thanks les
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loggyboy
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| posted on 25/9/12 at 07:52 AM |
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This is the one that is generally used:
VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1983-1990 / DERBY / SEAT TERRA RADIATOR NEW - 2 YEAR WARRANTY | eBay
Our part number - VW302E.
Original Seat / Volkswagen part number(s) - 867.121.253 F.
Approximate core size - 380mm x 320mm.
Mistral Motorsport
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Neville Jones
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| posted on 25/9/12 at 11:30 AM |
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There's a number of different POLO rads, all got the similar vw 121.253 part no., but the last letter differentaites them. I've bought
most by mistake.
Some are thicker as well, 34mm vs 23mm.
The Valeo catalogue I have lists the 430x322 and the 380x322 as both having been fitted in the 81-86 and 86-90, 1.05 and 1.3 Polo's.
Valeo no. 883818 for the narrower, and 883819 for the wider. These are 34mm core rads.
Cheers,
Nev.
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oliveoil
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| posted on 27/9/12 at 08:16 PM |
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POLO RAD
Hi everyone thanks for all the info am on holiday abroad at the moment will get back to you all when i return les
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