Help please, need new car radiator!

fattyamal

Happy Xmas to you all. Mine was going great until first my heating broke down (which is gonna cost £300 to fix) and now the RAC have told me I need a new radiator on my Citroen Xsara Picasso!!

AAAARGH. I'm *(#!!>< livid.:mad: God knows how I can afford that!

Anyway, is there any kind and wise person out there who could guesstimate a rough cost on how much a new rad could be? (It's a diesel if that helps)
I'll have to take it down a local garage tomorrow, but it would be useful to know a ball-park figure...! (not that I want to know really...!)

Any thoughts gladly welcomed. (Just don't scare me...)
Thanks.

espresso

According to this report, they cost £150 although I would have thought a lot less - try here.

scheming_gypsy

try your local scrap yard as well, with any luck there'll be a Xsara that's been *rse-ended with a perfectly good radiatior.

rdwarr

New radiators can be bought on eBay from £64 depending on model.

Troubleatmill_2

Have a looksee here.

http://www.1stchoice.co.uk/

Type in your car reg no - and the select the bit you want....


I'm sure a local garage can fit it for you.


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Troubleatmill

tomstickland

Gloucester Radiators sold me one for an Astra/Cavalier for £25.

Quinny_2

Or if you can remove the radiator yourself,and have another mode of transport for a day or two,then a local radiator repair specialist, (Check Yellow Pages.) will repair and test it for you,and it will almost be a fraction of the cost of a new one.

Upon replacing in the car,don't forget your anti-freeze.

Ken.

tomstickland

Or use bodge juice (radweld) for a short term fix.
Personally I'd just fit a new one as long as it was below £30 new.