Hello all :)

 

Had problems whilst fitting a new Samco top radiator hose today. The rad inlet where the hose fits onto crumbled as the plastic was v brittle and I was only left with 10mm-ish to jubilee clip the hose onto.

 

I had to put the orig one back on cos the Samco was slightly shorter, enough to mean it wouldn't stay on now the plastic was broken.

 

Now is the inlet part of the radiator, or does it come off the radiator? It extends down the side so looks like the rad would have to come out to replace the broken bit anyway. Suppose I could try to repair the plastic with glue and more plastic but dont want to botch it. Anyone had this before?

 

I've put the stock hose back on, with a wider jubilee clip and gunked some sealant on to hold it. The car ran fine after filling the coolant back up with what I lost.

 

So today I've spent lots of hours fannying around with this hose - achieving nothing and breaking my car, and trying and failing to sort out the whining noise when turning right.

 

Cheers

 

Pete

I thinks it's bad news mate :(

Some plonker overtightened my bottom hose during a service and it cracked off like yours.

I had to buy a new rad a month later when I dscovered it :(

 

I have my old rad that you might be able to take the sides off and swap the part you need but I don't think Nissan supply the pipe on it's own. I couldn't wait around so had to buy a new one.

 

New rad is £270 + fitting from Nissan I think but have seen a couple of uprated ones since for less.

The one Warren got looks good - maybe he will organise a group buy ;) LOL

The plastic side tanks are available from MJP but you then need to get them attached to the metalk part of the rad. Not sure if it's possible to put them on an old rad though.

Thanks for the info lads,

 

Thought it might be a PITA to replace :( . It seems to have held firmly in place with the sealant I put on it, did a long trip today with no troubles. I'll keep an eye on things.

 

I will put a new radiator near the top of my list of things to get. Hopefully an uprated one like Warrens might becaome an option :) .

 

Off this topic - I ran a full tank of normal unleaded for the first time this week and the car didn't like it one bit. Performance was down and it even didn't start straight away like usual. Didn't realise there was that much effect.

 

A tank of optimax sorted it out today :).

 

Cheers

 

Pete

This has happened to a few Z owners Pete:(

 

The top hose gets it the most as the water that passes through it comes straight out the block and is very hot,plastic rad tanks and boiling water dont go together too well.It is a bloody stupid idea:(