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My mate has two GU's.

First one is a Series 2 4.5 petrol turbo with 205,000 k, the second a series 1, 4.5 petrol/gas with 245,000k's.

Both vehicles have had radiator failures where a split have occured in the header tanks.

Is this a common problem with this model?

His previous GQ's did not suffer from this problem.

RoadNazi wrote:My mate has two GU's.

First one is a Series 2 4.5 petrol turbo with 205,000 k, the second a series 1, 4.5 petrol/gas with 245,000k's.

Both vehicles have had radiator failures where a split have occured in the header tanks.

Is this a common problem with this model?

His previous GQ's did not suffer from this problem.

are they the model with plastic end tanks?

Yes, he described them as being a crimped over header tank. Metal headers would have been brazed on I think.

RN,

This is common to just about all radiators with plastic tanks. As they get older the tanks get brittle & split.

Thanks for that..he was ona bit of a mission to see if it was a NISSAN fault..but it appears to be just one of those modern symptons of using plastics...

cheers

RN