I have had a problem with my little 1.0 polo radiator () as the bottom hose will not go on as the chassis is in the way and the steering rack is right behind it.

I have thought of two solutions:

1) Mount the radiator verticle (core goes up and down rather than side to side) which could cause a blockage in the radiator over time.

2) Buy a new radiator as the 1.0 polo one is hardly going to be efficient in cooling a 3.6 litre beast.

If the later, i need to fint a new rad with the inlet/outlets preferabely at the top and need to be able to get one for less than pocket money.

Every one has the same problem with the bottom hose and the polo rad.

Its just a case of routing around it.

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Originally posted by speedyxjs
2) Buy a new radiator as the 1.0 polo one is hardly going to be efficient in cooling a 3.6 litre beast.

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yeah i had same issue with hoses, i have issues with hot running i run a polo setup, what other rads are there are are there some off the shelf alloy ones that people use? ta

Not sure if you will find a rad with both inlet and outlet at the top as it would make it difficult to tell the top hose from the bottom hose
Mine is pretty much like those above with two 90 bends forming a sort of "S"

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Originally posted by big_wasa

Its just a case of routing around it.

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Thanks guys. 02GF74, if you could measure the rad, that would be great