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Never had to replace a rad in my life. The radiator is bust on the 1.8 as its leaking from the bottom passenger side. I presume 1.8 and GTI6 rads have the same inlet and outlet points. Whats the best one and place to buy? Ive heard Nissens? thrown around in the past?
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Nissens are oe that's why. I have one on mine. Very happy with it. I can get you a trade price on one if you message me as your local.
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Gti and 1.8 ones are not the same. The gti one has a small outlet on the expansion tank for the oil cooler however if I was you, buy a gti one, buy a ASH bung for that outlet and fit it then when you break the 1.8, you can fit the rad to your rallye
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Working on various 6's I've encountered two different bottom hose designs Sam, ones the bayonet type with a hook each side that hold it together with the flange on the rad inlet and the other has a circlip fastening like on the top hose to thermostat housing connection.
Nissens do both styles of rad so check what hose connection you've got on the 1.8/rallye. If they're different on each car I imagine you could just swap the bottom hoses when it comes time to change the rad anyway.
Just a heads up from what I've discovered lol
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Cheers for the advice guys. Stef does the r5 rad need some custom mounts fitting etc? got a link to one and any photos of how youve fitted it?
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Looks interesting. Cheers buddy
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Nissens ones are great. Run slightly cooler than stock and are also a bit lighter when empty.
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