Tx alloy rad

[Jeff16v]

Am I being Fusy or are some of these welds ugly
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/photo-5.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/photo-2.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/photo-1.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/gsijeff/photo-3.jpg

[mowgli]

i've seen tidier.. and on ally lorry bodies too.

[Andy]

lol looks like a college project
To be fair as long as it sealed then thats all that matters,but i would expect better i have to admit

[Pistol Pete]

Abit fussy.....but it is a mass produced item (from China IIRC)!! You could always have kept the cheap plastic one i guess....

[7ova]

look's like a friday afternoon rad to me :roll:

[Edd]

mine are a little cleaner than that tbh, but yeah its mass produced so .......

[Bubba]

all you can do is complain...might get a few pennies back...because they are fugly

[Pistol Pete]

When all said and done, once it is in the car no-one will see it anyway!!

[Bubba]

When all said and done, once it is in the car no-one will see it anyway!!

it would bug me though knowing its there...:roll:

[16v Nova Kev]

a 13yo boy welded it what do you expect lol mine is the same.

[Edd]

a 13yo boy welded it what do you expect lol mine is the same.

F lol child labour FTW

TBH i was more annoyed it wasn't shiny enough than the welds lol

[Jeff16v]

May have moan and see what gives, whatever happened to quality British child slave labourlol

Must be me agelol

[Graeme]

You can't expect quality welds when the kids making them are only getting paid one bowl of rice per day lol

[turbojolt]

just recently got one of these for my nova looks good to me for the money lol

[Paul]

Very impressive TIG welding for a seven year old.

[Ben]

thats god awful welding, you would think if the toddler is doing them 22hrs a day then he would better at it than that.

If i was presented that at work i would reject it.

[Benn]

Mine are better than that, haven't checked the new one tho...

[Huffy]

my TX rad leaks and i carnt send it back so ill have get it fixed not worth the money

[Benn]

^ why cant you send it back?

[Ben]

my TX rad leaks and i carnt send it back so ill have get it fixed not worth the money

find anyone that can ally weld and pay them a fiver to repair the hole its very easy.

[david dixon]

They are made in china so i wouldnt expect much else

David.

[Ben]

True most of the chinese fab'd stuff we get to test is rotten, but the stuff we test going to china is subject to the most stringent tests of anywhere in the world. Any double standards going on lol

[matthew172]

my TX rad leaks and i carnt send it back so ill have get it fixed not worth the money

ill second that, the one that is in my mrs nova was fine for the first 12 mnths then started leaking where one of the veins entered the end tank, i got some special glue type stuff from pace to put on and its been fine since

[peester]

Im feeling the TX autosport radiator hate too..
mine leaks alright
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/IMG00261-20110313-1551.jpg

matt-this glue stuff; any pics/links/info..?

[Rick Draper]

TBH I have heard of Pro Alloy stuff having problems as well and they cost double what a TX one costs.

[matthew172]

Im feeling the TX autosport radiator hate too..
mine leaks alright
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/peester/IMG00261-20110313-1551.jpg

matt-this glue stuff; any pics/links/info..?

i just rang them up mate and they sorted me out with it, they dont have it listed on there site though

[peester]

righto.. will do - just ask for a leak/repair glue..?

[Edd]

If mine leaks I'll either be wanting one that doesn't or my cash back

You can't sell a rad for £140 then have it leak with no use

[Huffy]

^ why cant you send it back?


because i got it early last year didnt have it running in the car till the end of november and only discovered about 2 weeks ago that it leaks from the bottom corner by the fan switch :mad:

[Benn]

Have you rung them up? I'd have thought they'ed be able to see it's not been used alot So might be able to do something...

[Huffy]

no havent bothered to phone because i carnt be a*sed with the hassel of s sending it back or them saying that its to late to return it theres a place not far from me that fix rads so im going to send it to them

[Benn]

surely a 1min phone call is surely worth it, what if they say send it back and we'll swap it...

[Jeff16v]

because i got it early last year didnt have it running in the car till the end of november and only discovered about 2 weeks ago that it leaks from the bottom corner by the fan switch :mad:

did you use the o ring that came with the blanking plug for the switch?

[Benn]

O ring? Copper washer.....

[Jeff16v]

O ring? Copper washer.....
copper washEr? O ring....this could go on all nightlol

I didn't get a copper washer, got an o ring and a blanking plug

[Benn]

I just got a blanking plug.. The switch should have a copper washer tho..lol

[Jeff16v]

I just got a blanking plug.. The switch should have a copper washer tho..lol
but the blanking plug had an o ring on it. No?

I haven't got a Copper washer. Bring yourself on, actually come to think of it don't, No self gratification in threads pleaselol

[Huffy]

my blanking plug had a rubber o ring on it ive got a cool running fan switch on mine also ive just sent them an email to explain my problem and said that i no of a few people who are having the same problem

[16v Nova Kev]

you will get an email saying.
Tay com bla de na hoe Raf out roud lol

Sorry I'm up past my bed time

[Huffy]

they emailed me back they want me to send them a pic of where its leaking from, only thing is ive used rad weld so leak isnt leaking :roll: lol

[Mike]

And I though my TiG welding was pretty w@nk lol

[peester]

i just rang them up mate and they sorted me out with it, they dont have it listed on there site though

to update this; i rang them yesterday and although she knew what i was on about, she said they dont have any and cant get it anymore.. :confused:

[Edd]

Send the rad back exchanged for a new one surely ? :confused: