Radiator and front turbo

[jackerthanjack]

Really starting to grip my poo!!! You get everything sorted replaced and mint then you clean your engine bay and realise your radiator is cracked at the top and your turbo AWESOME (NOT)!
Please help someone!!!!

[elnevio]

TURBO cracked? Really?!

Have you bumped something?


Anyway, as for the radiator, you can get a new one from Viking Radiators for about £120 delivered, who have provided numerous members with replacement radiators. Here's one on eBay.

Fortunately, the VR-4 rad is the same as the UK V6, 2.0 and 2.4 GDI cars. Just make sure you get one for an automatic, so it has the ATF cooler loop and connections.

Just found this one though, for less than £70!

Never heard of the trader though. Even at £120, for the price of a new one, there's little point considering a used one.

[vr4drifta]

the rad sare not the same

[vr4drifta]

you can have a rad from me for £60 including all the fans etc..

[Subaru ETA]

The radiators are interchangeable, just the vr4 has a thicker core

[elnevio]

AFAIK, the only rad that's thinner is the one fitted to the 1.8 (and possibly some 2.0s). Having said that, even that still fits (and cools the coolant quite well - can't remember who had one fitted now though, although fairly sure it was an NZ member). Anyway, as far as I am aware, the core is the same thickness on the VR-4 as it is the V6. I've picked a few random 8G models in ASA, such as 2.5/2WD and 2.4/4WD, and they all have the replacement part number MR212455 for the radiator, which is the same as the VR-4.

Thus, as mentioned, it is my opinion that you may as well fit a new radiator, rather than a used one, given the price difference. A used one may last a couple of years, but it may not. These radiators are notorious for cracking along the top, especially when many of them are now approaching 15 years old. With a new one, it will last a decade.

[jackerthanjack]

Yeah I cracked the turbo by using too long of a bolt on the y peice joint on the front turbo! A moment of sheer stupidity I know!!! I will check out that RAD on eBay cheers

[horndog]

If no one here has a turbo then there were a pair on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MITSUBISHI...item1c1db6b959