Valeo 810926 Rad Replacement

[Lowiepete]

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to source a replacement Valeo 810926 radiator. Seems like the UK
supply is now exhausted. There are plenty available in France with no source
I have found through google.fr being out of stock. Getting one of these outfits
to send one to the UK however, is quite another matter

So, the only source that I have come up with is RockAuto who can supply one
for about £175 delivered. Is that about the going rate?

Has anyone bought one of the all aluminium Chinese ones, and if so, which
one and how do you rate it? Also, does having a thicker rad place more stress
on the water pump?

Regards,
Steve

[Bigfoot]

Like said can beat that on price 😜

[Lowiepete]

Like said can beat that on price 😜

Where from...?

Regards,
Steve

[Dre5gtt]

Just missed out on a genuine 5 rad on eBay earlier this week was sold for £75 new I have emailed the seller to see if he has anymore laying about as he had a lot of old new stock

[Fordy]

R5 1.6 diesel rad, slight modification required to fit way under half the price of a standard rad (if you can find one)

[markg]

Just missed out on a genuine 5 rad on eBay earlier this week was sold for £75 new I have emailed the seller to see if he has anymore laying about as he had a lot of old new stock

Dre - Make sure you do your homework. Quite a few people have been selling rads on ebay that don't have the oil cooler built in and therefore are not much good if you are running a standard setup.

[Lowiepete]

Just missed out on a genuine 5 rad on eBay earlier this week was sold for £75 new I have emailed the seller to see if he has anymore laying about as he had a lot of old new stock

That was my purchase. The rad was not one with the built in oil cooler. So Billy
took it back and refunded me. He's just up the road from me...

This company looks promising... I'll 'phone them tomorrow and ask about "parentage".

Regards,
Steve

[Mr Raider]

Looks right that one Steve, cant believe price of oe rads has gone up so much, can Dale (aka Bigfoot) source the Valeo 810926 for a better price?

[Bigfoot]

Depends on numbers. I should be able to sort one out for £160 but maybe group together should be able to lower that.

[Lowiepete]

Depends on numbers. I should be able to sort one out for £160 but maybe group together should be able to lower that.

Mr.Auto.com have stock in France at about £136 (delivered) - I've contacted
their British site, bearing in mind that parts I've bought from them have
mostly come from France, to see whether they're able to obtain one for me.

If there's the possibility of multiple purchases, that might persuade them.

I'm also looking into the posibilities around recores. Apparently, the claim is
that these can be better performers than the originals...

Regards,
Steve

[TopCat]

I'm sure the guy who recoils my condensers may be able to replace cores etc. ill ask him him & see if he'd be interested.

[Lowiepete]

This company looks promising... I'll 'phone them tomorrow

Well, I spoke to Gavin at Aaron (very helpful guy!) and he has two in stock. Both
with oil coolers and are brand new but in copper. One has a plastic side tank, the
other is all copper. He's happy to sell them at £110+vat delivered.
Mention RTOC if you phone him.

I've also made him aware that there is a demand for ally rads...

Regards,
Steve

[Bigfoot]

Wouldn't trust the copper rads at all, they split very easily at the joins. Radiator recons might be worthwhile but they will be over the £150 mark to do and might as well then buy new. Just taken a look at Valeo, they say they only have 2 left in stock

[TopCat]

Wouldn't trust the copper rads at all, they split very easily at the joins. Radiator recons might be worthwhile but they will be over the £150 mark to do and might as well then buy new. Just taken a look at Valeo, they say they only have 2 left in stock

Yeah my coil man said he'd not even bother- he'd be more expensive than new ones.

[Mr Raider]

I did run a copper core rad on my raider, it came with it fitted in about '99 then I replaced it in 2009 with a nearly new Valeo I was given when a mate broke his car. I bought the car in 2003 and never had any issue with the copper core rad, I did sell it on in about 2009/10 though.

[Sparkie]

810926 is definately still available from valeo. - i've checked.

they are quite expensive though....

[Bigfoot]

810926 is definately still available from valeo. - i've checked.

they are quite expensive though....

I wonder if the system only checks a local warehouse for stock, as last time I ordered it took about 3 months to get 10 into stock where they had to get them from all over the place.

[Sparkie]

yeah, probably, I didn't specify any quantity.

[Mr Raider]

Sounds like they are rounding up the last few from across the country...

[Wallace]

Can anyone confirm the Renault part number please?

is it: 6001009077

Cheers

[Bigfoot]

Can anyone confirm the Renault part number please?

is it: 6001009077

Cheers

That's what I got on my part number listing

[Wallace]

Cheers Dale

[Mr_Dave]

The Rover 75 V6 laminar oil cooler works well in the rad top hose with the diesel rad

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-2...item2334d36c35

[Ashy]

Wow, hadn't realised these were so expensive now