| Subject: | Re: Radiator disappointment |
| From: | LarsP <olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM> |
| Date: | Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:12:55 -0700 |
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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, just to throw a variation into the history …</p><p class=MsoNormal>Seems I have a hybrid of what Dennis described. The Behr/Hella radiator I installed three years ago (but bought maybe ten years ago) was marked ‘Service’ but was made in South Africa, not China. I have not been inside to know round or oval tubes – can this be determined from outside?</p><p class=MsoNormal>See photos: <a href="https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag0DyVeyF6ELf1INdL7ydq1i408?e=qjgCIG">https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag0DyVeyF6ELf1INdL7ydq1i408?e=qjgCIG</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:dn92610@gmail.com">Dan N</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 22, 2023 5:23 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com">vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Radiator disappointment</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>According to Dennis..</p><p class=MsoNormal>*"Behr "Service" units were actually made in China and all the ones I have</p><p class=MsoNormal>seen had a different core design, round tubes instead of the oval tubes.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Similar to what was used in many early water cooled VWs. This roundtube</p><p class=MsoNormal>core radiator has noticeably less cooling capacity especially when using</p><p class=MsoNormal>air conditioning. I have one in Fun Bus and it just doesn’t work well in</p><p class=MsoNormal>hot weather with AC."*</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and I totally agree with this..</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had my radiator replaced on my tintop Syncro - before the temp needle</p><p class=MsoNormal>sits under the LED light, after replacing it with the round core it sits on</p><p class=MsoNormal>top of the led LED light. No overheating but annoying.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>
