New rad damaged?

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RKB
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Post Sat Jul 25, 2020 5:26 pm

Not sure if you'd consider this damaged?
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I can't be arsed sending it back for starters but guess I'll do what I need to

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Post Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:32 pm

I would send it back but , if you cant wait then try and pressure test it so at least you know where you stand.
It looks like just the ally fins so it is likely to be ok but my eyes are old and bent. 8O 8O

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Post Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:34 pm

I'd send that back yeah to be honest mate
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Post Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:02 pm

Thought as much, ballache as I'd thought I would have it up and running by now...

Damaged on the other side as well, this is my second one!
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Post Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:43 pm

RKB wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:02 pm
 Thought as much, ballache as I'd thought I would have it up and running by now...

Damaged on the other side as well, this is my second one!
Where did you get it from?
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Post Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:52 pm

Euros
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Post Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:06 pm

RKB wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:52 pm
Euros
I've had quite a bit of stuff arrive damaged from them. These days I drive there and open it in the place unless it is bulletproof stuff.

As I am in no rush I tend to get the stuff from Germany and it tends to get her far better than ECP ever do
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Post Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:55 pm

Had to get my new one from Schmiedmann in Denmark as it is a rarer pre-facelift automatic one with the lump on the top for the breather. It arrived with a couple of bent fins but all in all it's OK, why they don't slap a sheet of hardboard each side instead of cardboard I'll never know, cheap I guess. try asking the sender to extra protect it?
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Post Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:59 pm

I'm just going to go in store and swap them, seems to be common at least with Rads.
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Post Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:00 pm

I've had a few rads and two aircon condensers shipped direct from Germany by Autodoc recently and so far they have all arrived completely intact.

Hella/Behr and Nissens do pack things quite well though, not sure it is the same with other makes though.

ECP did ship me a fuel tank and it arrived with worse dents than the one coming off :cens:
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