The Night Rider
10-19-2014, 11:25 PM
My E34's radiator had been leaking for some time from the expansion tank area and yesterday I finally got a used radiator in good condition. I thought someone might be interested in seeing the insides of the old radiator.
Note: some of you may have seen a similar thread by me in the E36 section. Just to let you know this is not the same radiator, it just so happened that both my bimmers needed new radiators.
Here's what it looked like out of the car. In case your wondering I didn't paint it black, the replacement I got was also black.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/gVO8U2.jpg
My car is cooled by human blood. I know its a bad thing since it means rust or maybe combustion fumes/oil in the coolant, but it doesn't bother me too much since its already done 300,000Km and I plan to change the engine sometime soon.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/745/anMYUw.jpg
Is pretty easy to open, like the E36 radiator.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x640q90/631/zZKJ5v.jpg
Despite all the dirt it has never overheated or risen past midway.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x640q90/908/LyhRmv.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/CGdhGh.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/fyeX3V.jpg
The expansion tank was stuck worse than my E36's radiator. One of the reasons why I didn't want to try my luck with just replacing the tank.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x640q90/905/rrxr3b.jpg
Broke trying to get it out
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/909/g3x2QO.jpg
Gave up trying to get the tank out and just took of the side.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x640q50/661/eA4dQV.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/Yn1laT.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/537/wScPLS.jpg
Another radiator ready for the metal recycling yard.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/XGYHML.jpg
Note: some of you may have seen a similar thread by me in the E36 section. Just to let you know this is not the same radiator, it just so happened that both my bimmers needed new radiators.
Here's what it looked like out of the car. In case your wondering I didn't paint it black, the replacement I got was also black.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/gVO8U2.jpg
My car is cooled by human blood. I know its a bad thing since it means rust or maybe combustion fumes/oil in the coolant, but it doesn't bother me too much since its already done 300,000Km and I plan to change the engine sometime soon.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/745/anMYUw.jpg
Is pretty easy to open, like the E36 radiator.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x640q90/631/zZKJ5v.jpg
Despite all the dirt it has never overheated or risen past midway.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x640q90/908/LyhRmv.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/CGdhGh.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/fyeX3V.jpg
The expansion tank was stuck worse than my E36's radiator. One of the reasons why I didn't want to try my luck with just replacing the tank.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x640q90/905/rrxr3b.jpg
Broke trying to get it out
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/909/g3x2QO.jpg
Gave up trying to get the tank out and just took of the side.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/480x640q50/661/eA4dQV.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/Yn1laT.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/537/wScPLS.jpg
Another radiator ready for the metal recycling yard.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/XGYHML.jpg