Chris.B
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 07:02 PM |
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Polo / Golf alloy radiators - which have same H&W?
I am somewhat confused on this.
From my research it seems that some folks say a Golf radiator (Vw # 171121253CJ) is the DIRECT replacement for a Polo radiator, with pretty much the
same width (470mm) & height (320mm) as the Polo rad, but the Golf has more cores.
However in some searches though people say that the Golf radiator is wider (530mm).
I'm looking for a deeper (ie more cores) radiator to replace my leaking Polo one & that will still fit in the nosecone - but don't
know which one to go for! Would like more cores since following power increase it's borderline on cooling. Has now been forced on me today @
Combe when Polo rad started leaking - caused by the fan mountings rubbing through a core pipe! Won't make that mistake again 
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planetester
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 07:35 PM |
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I think all the VW radiators of that age were the same hieght, I got this data base from someone on the internet(thanks to whoever) & all the
valeo part numbers are links to buypartsby.com
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Chris.B
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 07:50 PM |
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Excellent - that's really useful and gives most of the information I'm after. Next to find out IF the Golf one really is thicker (ie has
more cores) than the similar H&W sized Polo one.
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planetester
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| posted on 12/8/06 at 07:53 PM |
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Go & look round the scrappers< when you find what you want note the year & model, in the early 80s I think all the rads were the same
hieght & thickness so that the end pieces were a common item & they just altered the length of the core to suit, good luck
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Chris.B
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| posted on 13/8/06 at 01:29 PM |
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I'm hoping someone on the forum already runs with a Golf radiator to avoid trapseing round the scrappys 
Researching from this very useful Rad sizes DB & elsewhere I've seen that the Polo 1.3 Mk 2 radiator is Valeo part # VAL-883819
here & is 430mm * 322mm. This is the one I have fitted now
that's leaking.
From the same site, the Mk 2 Golf 1.6 is VAL-883820 here and the
Mk 3 Golf 1.6 is VAL-730503 here. Both of these Golf rads are
also 430mm * 322mm but the thickness is not listed. As they are for larger engines than the 1.3 Polo and both have different part numbers I'm
hoping that they are thicker.
Does anybody know if there is a Golf radiator with the same width & height that has more cores??
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bob
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| posted on 13/8/06 at 01:53 PM |
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Remember the rad measurements listed will be the core size, i had a look at surrey daves rad which is a Mk 1 polo and the core size measures 380 x 322
giving an overall width of almost 450mm.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 02:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris.B
Does anybody know if there is a Golf radiator with the same width & height that has more cores??
The mk2 golf 16v has a twin core as opposed to the single layer in all the other mk2 rads, and ETKA (the vw parts catalogue) lists it as the same
width as the 1.6 rad you listed in the first post. I've actually got one in the garage at the mo, I can get some overall dimensions off it if
you want?
There are wider rads in mk2 golfs, but they're all single core (the 8v GTI and the oil-burners got them). The 1.3, 1.6 and 16v are all listed as
430mm wide though.
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