Hey everyone I ordered one of these as a replacement radiator for my leaky original one yesterday.
Radiator New Land Rover Discovery Range 1987 1999 | eBay
However I was just reading over it again right now and it says it doesn't have an oil cooler? Is this something I will now have to order separately? I wish I had researched a little more before buying, still learning a lot about these trucks. Thanks in advance.

 

Well I just compared the picture of the ordered radiator to the one under my hood and it has all the same hose fittings so I guess I'm in the clear, sorry for the waste of space.

 

I run the same replacement, you will be fine it is direct bolt in and a hell of a lot lighter

 

Well it came in the mail today and I hooked up without to much trouble, but when I started filling it with fluid I noticed that there's a small crack in one of the plastic side tanks. Luckily one of my friends had a nylon plastic welder so we got it sealed and it cools well.

 

I am in the need for a new tank as well and that is my biggest concern about plastic tanks. Curious as to how the people you bought it from would of handled it if you tried to return it. Some EBay vendors are pretty sketchy. Due to age not sure if the rad shop is going to be able to save it so hence the search for a new one. Brought mine home from the shop from getting a tranny swap and sitting for a few months prior. On the way home she hit 228DEG and stayed there for some time. Thanks to lower half of radiator clogged. if I keep it below 70MPH she runs at 194DEG, 70MPH and over 212 and up....

 

i replaced the copper one in my RRC with a new one with plastic tanks, fit right in 2-years no problems

 

Mine is still fine and we wheel on rocks, only issue I had was breaking the oil cooler pulling the rad for engine rebuild, rad shop was able to use cooler from the old brass rad

 

I'm bumping this up. I'm starting to have temps rise while in traffic or on the trail with the A/C on. It's typically OK if outside temps are below 90. But once it gets over 90 it starts to really struggle and I need to actively monitor and play with it to keep temps below 210.

So I figure I might need to do something. I was looking on ebay and it seems there is a big range on the Aluminum radiators with plastic tanks. They seem to range from $150-$500. Is there actually a difference between the $150 ones and $250 ones? They all seem to use the same stock pictures so you can't really tell.

Has anybody tried the cheaper ones and had good luck with them?

 

Are your condenser fans coming on with the A/C?

 

Everything is working as it should it's just an old cheap replacement radiator that's nearing the end of it's useful life. So I'm looking for opinions on the new radiators with the plastic tanks.