New Radiator for Audi Coupe 1986

andya · 11-09-13, 11:25 AM

Currently on my hols, en route home, but the rad leak is too bad that I've dropped by my parents and taken the rad off. I hoped that the local EuroCarParts and GSF might help, but to no avail.

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The measurements are 320mm height, 40mm width, 580mm length. Theres no part number - it looks like the original!. Its for the base 1.8 Coupe, 1986, carb, non injection, type 85, non air con. engine code DS

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

SteveT63 · 11-09-13, 12:10 PM

Got mine for the Sport ( same rad?) from Mansfield Radiators after 3 failed attempts with the high street suppliers. Efficient old skool company. 3 days to arrive from Holland. First attempt, perfect fit and OE quality. £100 ish.

Ive got their part number at home and I'll even pick it up for you if you are at the other end of the country.

01623 631916

andya · 11-09-13, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveT63

Got mine for the Sport ( same rad?) from Mansfield Radiators after 3 failed attempts with the high street suppliers. Efficient old skool company. 3 days to arrive from Holland. First attempt, perfect fit and OE quality. £100 ish.

Ive got their part number at home and I'll even pick it up for you if you are at the other end of the country.

01623 631916

Cheers for that Steve - I've sent an e-mail to them now.

Many thanks again
Andy

quattro turbo 550bhp · 11-09-13, 03:24 PM

bloody always the way isnt it i scrappd a coupe few wks ago & didnt bother to take it out u coulf of had it for nothn would of got u out of trouble

yeti · 11-09-13, 03:56 PM

Stick "northern radiators" into google, I've always found them to be spot on

audicoupeparts · 11-09-13, 06:03 PM

I may have one, can't check till tomoro night
Collect from stoke on trent

andya · 11-09-13, 08:16 PM

put the rad back on this evening - optimistically thought I could just pop into GSF or ECP and buy one over the counter. Thanks everyone for replying. I've e-mailed 10 places today - ECP keep trying to fob me off with different size rads! I've got 1 or 2 leads, but no chance of getting one in a hurry. Audicoupeparts - I would be interested to know if you have one - cheers. I'm going to make my way home friday (with a nice supply of bottled water).

many thanks
Andy

SteveT63 · 11-09-13, 08:19 PM

Where are you in the land now Andy?

andya · 11-09-13, 08:27 PM

Deepest darkest Dorset

Not really too far - be easier to get up to the A303 and make it home from there. Been on hols in cornwall. First noticed the leak when I was parked in a multi storey car park in Truro. Came back to the car to find a very large puddle under the car

Since then I've been constantly checking the level, even getting paranoid about it.

andya · 11-09-13, 08:36 PM

must also add that the clock went over 200k in Cornwall

the car has been utterly laden - tent, wife, crap to go with tent, luggage, inflatable kayak, crap to go with kayak etc..

must also add that when I was going through a village there was a classic car show on the village green and thought it would be great to gate crash. parked alongside E-types, ferraris, the armstrong siddelely brigade, boring old rovers and tatty old morris minors. Everyones rides were spotless, mine had the blackened front wheels (i did clean before I went on hols). Anyway after getting scorned upon by the locals, and talking to one old fisherman type who had confused the word twitter with clitter, I made a hasty retreat.

11-09-13, 12:10 PM	#2
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	Got mine for the Sport ( same rad?) from Mansfield Radiators after 3 failed attempts with the high street suppliers. Efficient old skool company. 3 days to arrive from Holland. First attempt, perfect fit and OE quality. £100 ish. Ive got their part number at home and I'll even pick it up for you if you are at the other end of the country. 01623 631916 __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

11-09-13, 03:24 PM	#4
quattro turbo 550bhp Grown up member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: berkshire Posts: 180	rad bloody always the way isnt it i scrappd a coupe few wks ago & didnt bother to take it out u coulf of had it for nothn would of got u out of trouble

11-09-13, 03:56 PM	#5
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	Stick "northern radiators" into google, I've always found them to be spot on __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

11-09-13, 08:16 PM	#7
andya Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,149	put the rad back on this evening - optimistically thought I could just pop into GSF or ECP and buy one over the counter. Thanks everyone for replying. I've e-mailed 10 places today - ECP keep trying to fob me off with different size rads! I've got 1 or 2 leads, but no chance of getting one in a hurry. Audicoupeparts - I would be interested to know if you have one - cheers. I'm going to make my way home friday (with a nice supply of bottled water). many thanks Andy __________________ 1985 Coupe Quattro 1986 Coupe 1.8 weber carb 1987 Coupe 2.2 GT

11-09-13, 08:19 PM	#8
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	Where are you in the land now Andy? __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

11-09-13, 06:03 PM	#6
audicoupeparts Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,161	I may have one, can't check till tomoro night Collect from stoke on trent

11-09-13, 08:27 PM	#9
andya Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,149	Deepest darkest Dorset Not really too far - be easier to get up to the A303 and make it home from there. Been on hols in cornwall. First noticed the leak when I was parked in a multi storey car park in Truro. Came back to the car to find a very large puddle under the car Since then I've been constantly checking the level, even getting paranoid about it. __________________ 1985 Coupe Quattro 1986 Coupe 1.8 weber carb 1987 Coupe 2.2 GT

11-09-13, 08:36 PM	#10
andya Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,149	must also add that the clock went over 200k in Cornwall the car has been utterly laden - tent, wife, crap to go with tent, luggage, inflatable kayak, crap to go with kayak etc.. must also add that when I was going through a village there was a classic car show on the village green and thought it would be great to gate crash. parked alongside E-types, ferraris, the armstrong siddelely brigade, boring old rovers and tatty old morris minors. Everyones rides were spotless, mine had the blackened front wheels (i did clean before I went on hols). Anyway after getting scorned upon by the locals, and talking to one old fisherman type who had confused the word twitter with clitter, I made a hasty retreat. __________________ 1985 Coupe Quattro 1986 Coupe 1.8 weber carb 1987 Coupe 2.2 GT