wile e coyote Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 As title says i removed my oem rad from my 1997 tt auto as getting a leak from the top pipe. This is what i found It looks fine from above as you can see and the core is fine also I have an uprated auto one to replace it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Thats got alot worse than at llandow mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Yeh you can pick at it and just falls away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 how isit so damaged? rusted away over the years? antifreeze should have prevented that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clapyohandz Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Pretty bad indeed, good thing it did not hurt anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Common fail point on OEM rads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee P Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Usually down to heat as well as age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 how isit so damaged? rusted away over the years? antifreeze should have prevented that? top tank is plastic on oem rads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 yeh its some sort of hard plastic I have made sure the antifreeze is always toped up think its just down to age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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