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Popped Radiator

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Post by Chri5v8 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:09 pm

Good afternoon all.
More problems with this car 🤬
It seems I have a popped radiator.
Is there any recommendations for a replacement??

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Post by X5Sport » Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:34 pm

The only one I’ve ever seen referred to was made by Behr.

OEM are silly money - £850 - and that’s just ridiculous.
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Post by Chri5v8 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:49 pm

Yeah I’m not paying £850.
I can get one for around £125 but dunno if any good?

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Post by Leslie » Wed Mar 26, 2025 7:41 pm

I paid a little under £200 when my e70 one had a pinhole, it was a Behr one I got :thumbsup:

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Post by Chri5v8 » Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:04 pm

Is the radiator from the 4.4 the same as in the 4.6??

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Post by X5Sport » Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:15 pm

Have a look at Realoem. Use the last 7 of your VIN in the serial number box as that pulls up your model. If you go down into the radiator section and select the radiator itself and then drill further down it will tell you what cars that rad is used on.
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Post by Chri5v8 » Thu Mar 27, 2025 8:06 pm

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If I’ve done this correctly is that the part number??

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Post by X5Sport » Thu Mar 27, 2025 9:05 pm

Part #1 is the radiator. If you click on it then it will take you to the next page that shows you what car it’s used in. It will also tell you if the part has been superseded and what the later number is.

Like this:
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Looks like a common to all models part.
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