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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:07 am

Hi Paul.

I'm looking for a rad cap (plastic) thats roughly 1.0 bar. Worked out why I went through sooo many rads! Over pressurising the metal rads kept blowing the end tanks apart!
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:18 am

You sure? Standard rad cap is 9.652643 BAR
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:00 am

smithy318i wrote:You sure? Standard rad cap is 9.652643 BAR
9 bar in a cooling system???

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=17&fg=05
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http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=17&fg=05
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:06 am

1.4bar is the lowest we do £9.19

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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:33 am

Cheers and thanks again!
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:37 am

btw did you get the new spring kit for your handbrake shoes?
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Post Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:14 pm

I did. Feedback left!

Cheers for that, Though I may be hitting you up for more stuff!

Are the rocker gaskets for an M60 rubber??
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Post Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:03 am

Yes the gaskets are rubber

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Post Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:59 am

Cool. Cheers again!