[xj-s] Radiators

XJ-S
1

Tried the garden hose through the radiator trick as posted yesterday. I
couldn’t see anything visually, but it really did make a difference, from top
of the N to bottom of the N.

Thanks!!!

Dave in Montreal

2

Hi Peter,

Differing in what respect? When I had by rad recored last week they tried
to sell
me some kind of “better” core that cost over twice as much, i.e., $672 vs
$335.
As nearly as I could understand what they were trying to say, it had
different
tube spacing, but 3 rows. Or, for $700+ they would give me 4 rows. I got
the standard 4-row.

Ed Sowell

Peter Smith wrote:> I read in a magazine a couple of days ago that Jaguar had a better core

used in later models, which gave better cooling. I’ll try to get par
numbers.

Regards Peter Smith

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Differing in what respect? When I had by rad recored last week they >tried to sell me some kind of “better” core that cost over twice as >much, i.e., $672 vs $335.

Don’t know what the difference was supposed to be. The core here in
Australia is listed at $1100.

Regards Peter Smith

4

hello all, I believe my radiator is going bad. I am going to go
thru the t-stats,caps and etc. but I am preparing for the rad to be
the main issue.
anyone here converted to a more conventional radiator? how much
cheaper is it? and what is the pain-in-the-arse factor?

thank you

robin–
new XJS owner
orlando florida, United States
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5

In reply to a message from XJSRobin sent Thu 22 Feb 2007:

I just finished converting my 88 XJS to an aluminum single pass
BeCool radiator Part#BCI-62082. I got a great deal on Ebay … I got
dual electric fans and the radiator for $250 shipped! The radiator
alone is about $650.

I installed a trans cooler, removed the manual fan/shroud,
converted to electric fans, then used some modified plubing parts
from Lowes and flex hose from Advanced Auto parts to connect both
motor outlets to the top radiator inlet. It’s working great and
runs cool even in traffic.–
The original message included these comments:

anyone here converted to a more conventional radiator? how much

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In reply to a message from 88V12 sent Fri 23 Feb 2007:

we have the identical setup then. I even used all aluminium
pipework which should help keep it even cooler. No rubber at
all!! what is going on with mine I am at a loss. I am so
frustrated that the car is just in the garage with a cover
on it. Another summer wasted.–
codemanusa
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