gidged500
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Registered: 18th Aug 09
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Are all Corsa radiators interchangeable ? Eg petrol radiator fit a diesel Corsa ?
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jonnieboy
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Location: Manchester
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not sure on petrol to diesel, but i know the 1.0 rad is different to say, the 8v and 16v rads,
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corsadonk
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Registered: 4th Jul 09
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No, the tails the hose go onto are in different places.
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gidged500
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So a petrol one won't fit a diesel
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carl roper
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nope
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gidged500
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Can I mod it to fit ?
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Crana
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Yes see it done but pointless just buy a corsa gsi twin core rad
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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im sure its just the driverside thats different so you need 2 90 degree bends and a piece of straight pipe
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Stoneyginger
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Registered: 25th Jan 01
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A lot of guys in the past ran turbo diesel corsa radiators
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Stoneyginger
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jimmy2.1's corsa van ran a turbo diesel radiator
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davegreen
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im using a 1.4/1.6 16v rad on mine, 226bhp n/a no problems with cooling on standard thermosat. had to remove oil cooler as it didnt get hot enough.
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gidged500
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Petrol rads don't fit diesel corsas had to buy a new one
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carl roper
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could have had the one of my turbo diesel, i will be replacing it with new as it has a fair few bent fins, still worked fine but im fussey
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