will this fit my radiator

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

as title will it fit my mk5 cortina standard rad ????????

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0289150937

[lotusless]

i would have thought so if its for an escort

[Mr Sam]

get them to measure the diameter to be on the safe side

[antz]

i wouldnt bother dave,.

 

waste of money ive heard

[stevepeanut]

looks cool though

[NginEEr]

it has its uses if its beig thrashed within an inch of its lifre on a circuit or stage. but as for a road going car i can never see its real use. but aside the use it looks coll

[V8ian]

There are only 2 real differences in the rad caps, its the length, so you get short and long springs, If you usedthat cap on your car the rad tank would probably blow, its 18-22psi, your one is probably only 12-15psi,

Cant see the object of having a vent, I can!!!! when I was an impetious youf I had a mk1 cortina with clutch trouble, parked the car up to have a look, leant over the rad and caught the buckle of my belt on the rad cap, and managed to pull the cap round, well I suppose you can guess the rest, I spent the next hour sitting in a cold bath bathing a set of scalded laughing tackle, not only that, I had an airtex Fred Perry on as well, and they had little square holes in the weave of the material, I also had a red patern of 2mm dots up to my chest, I can remember how unsimpethetic the wife was, when I came into the kitchen screaming get out of the way as she was getting sunday dinner ready, suppose my meat n 2 veg was a less appealing site than spuds and carrots, especially in the kitchen sink!!!!!

Now you can understand why I have a Stant cap on my Cortina, you can not remove the cap without lifting the lever, then once lifted, it vents steam down the o/flow.

[vibrating_Cake]

as said above, no point in it other than looking cool.

also puts every single pipe in you're water system under a lot more pressure at full temparature!

so every jubilee clip MUST be properly tight and every pipe MUST be properly seated, i am tempted by one as the zetec runs very hot compared to the pinto (using std radiator) the expansion bottle isnt big enough and regulary drains until empty as the std rad cap lets water in and out at lower pressures.

 

itll probably end up being more of a hassle than its worth, because you know full well, the hardest water pipe in the engine bay is going to split or come loose and piss water everywhere when you're 40miles away form anywhere remotley populated

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

ive found a 16 psi one i think they look cool so gonna try one its a bit cheaper too £12.50