I may be stating the obvious here.
But have you guys tried tilting the rad ?
I had probs with the bottom hose (Polo rad)
So pushed the bottom of the rad out to get clearence
on the hose.

I knew that David :o :o :D

Going to give it another tweak or two this morning .... I may have been having one of my brain freeze days yesterday :rolleyes:

I think there are some good pics of mounting the clio rad in AshG's photobucket account - http://s707.photobucket.com/home/ashgardiner

I used a Mk 2 Polo radiator, and it fitted vertically quite nicely. Managed to plumb it up using the original Sierra hoses, and some bits of metal pipe.

I have attached a link to the one I bought below.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-POL...item5d287995b8

Price was quite resonable I thought for a brand new rad.

I have also attached a pic to show you what it looked like fitted.

Cheers

Gus

Gus,

Cheers for the link,

I am going to get one of them when I get home tonight, before the whole forum starts buying them and the price goes up.

Cheers Graham

Cheers for that image Gus :)

That is persactly the same rad that I have been messing with ( Thicker core that's all ) ;)

Good price is that too :cool:

Not a problem guys. Happy to help where I can.

Cheers

Gus

If your going to mount it on end, make sure you header tank is way above the rad's inlet/outlet and idealy fitted with a level warning..

Otherwise, if the water drops too low the water may not pump out of the outlet, and also the thermo switch may be high and dry...

TT

Well I am back in sunny Wiltshire after the 3 hour drive from the midlands, Nicky shot straight out to stock up with food and whilst she was gone I bought the radiator.

Happy days

Well done that man :cool:

After seeing Gus's picture I went out after lunch ready to get stuck into re-mounting that rad.

Go to use the welder just to find that the wire speed is stuck on full volume once again :rolleyes:

So, spent the afternoon pulling that lot apart .... All fine again now .... The damp enviroment of the worksop affects a potentiometer on the main PCB.

Let's hope it goes on for another couple of years before I have to strip it again :)