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oliveoil - 24/9/12 at 07:06 PM

hi everybody this is my first post i have velocity xt, i am trying to fit polo rad and it is not going very well, can anyone help. thanks les

adithorp - 24/9/12 at 07:15 PM

Welcome.

Whats the problem fitting it?

oliveoil - 24/9/12 at 07:23 PM

To wide to go in between the original mounts. The bottom hose outlet of the radiator and radiator fan switch touches the chassis.Tnaks Les

wilkingj - 24/9/12 at 07:30 PM

Hi, can you put your approx location in your profile, as it will help others to help you.

Cant help on the Velocity, I'm a Viento man myself.

Shouldnt be too hard to sort,

big_wasa - 24/9/12 at 07:31 PM

The xt is more or less an Irs locost. This is a polo rad in my locost.



[Edited on 24/9/12 by big_wasa]

oliveoil - 24/9/12 at 07:47 PM

hi big wasa mine has two brackets going from the top chassis rail to bottom rail thanksles

rusty nuts - 24/9/12 at 07:49 PM

Which Polo rad do you have as there are a few different ones?

oliveoil - 24/9/12 at 08:01 PM

hi rusty nuts its the smallest one with 380mm core thanks les

snapper - 25/9/12 at 06:20 AM

You need to adapt the brackets you have or
Make new ones for the radiator and bolt them to the originals or
Cut the old ones off and weld new ones to the chassis.

There are many ways to skin a cat and with kit cars as you will find out every problem is specific to your car but can be solved with a bit of lateral thinking

A photo speaks a thousand words so your first task is to work out how to post photos on this forum which is much harder than most jobs you will have to do on your car

oliveoil - 25/9/12 at 06:42 AM

hi snapper thanks for the info will try and post a photo thanks les

loggyboy - 25/9/12 at 07:52 AM

This is the one that is generally used:

VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1983-1990 / DERBY / SEAT TERRA RADIATOR NEW - 2 YEAR WARRANTY | eBay

Our part number - VW302E.
Original Seat / Volkswagen part number(s) - 867.121.253 F.
Approximate core size - 380mm x 320mm.

Neville Jones - 25/9/12 at 11:30 AM

There's a number of different POLO rads, all got the similar vw 121.253 part no., but the last letter differentaites them. I've bought most by mistake.

Some are thicker as well, 34mm vs 23mm.

The Valeo catalogue I have lists the 430x322 and the 380x322 as both having been fitted in the 81-86 and 86-90, 1.05 and 1.3 Polo's.

Valeo no. 883818 for the narrower, and 883819 for the wider. These are 34mm core rads.

Cheers,
Nev.

oliveoil - 27/9/12 at 08:16 PM

Hi everyone thanks for all the info am on holiday abroad at the moment will get back to you all when i return les