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Post Thu May 15, 2014 7:10 pm

A question....... Does the M10 radiator fit any other make of car ?

Its such a dinasaur it must have been around for a long time.
Some times they load it on for the bmw logo !

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Post Thu May 15, 2014 7:11 pm

It should fit a Moskvitch 408, IIRC.
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Post Thu May 15, 2014 7:15 pm

Grrrmachine wrote:It should fit a Moskvitch 408, IIRC.
And the price please ????


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Post Thu May 15, 2014 7:24 pm

The Moskvitch 412 had a Russian copy of the M10 engine. :wink:
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Post Thu May 15, 2014 7:26 pm

Speedtouch wrote:The Moskvitch 412 had a Russian copy of the M10 engine. :wink:

Are they any cheaper to buy though?

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Post Thu May 15, 2014 8:02 pm

martauto wrote:Some times they load it on for the bmw logo !

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I have no clue what this means at all. Who is "they", and how do you load on a radiator?

What exactly are you asking us for?
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Post Thu May 15, 2014 8:51 pm

"they" are the people who sell us goods.

I was asking if the radiator was used in any other make of car because sometimes it can be cheaper because it is not "bmw". :D

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Post Thu May 15, 2014 10:10 pm

martauto wrote:
Speedtouch wrote:The Moskvitch 412 had a Russian copy of the M10 engine. :wink:

Are they any cheaper to buy though?

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Probably, if you happen to be in Russia...

I suspect it will be cheaper to either get your existing rad repaired, or buy a good used one.
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Post Sat May 17, 2014 11:13 am

Bought a new one from Euro car parts yesterday. cost me £62. I cant see you getting a recore much cheaper. Good second hand could hard to find and for £62 is it really worth the grief.
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Post Sat May 17, 2014 1:26 pm

I wouldn't trust those cheap ECP radiators.. I've heard bad things about EIS and such like
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Post Sat May 17, 2014 3:02 pm

what like
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Post Sat May 17, 2014 3:42 pm

Like the fact they last all of 6 months before they start springing leaks. ECP have an EIS radiator for my car at £42, I think that should already start ringing alarm bells considering I would expect to pay for around £200 for a fairly good aftermarket radiator, and an optimum real BMW radiator is between £300-400.

You get what you pay for in this world, and I wouldn't compromise quality when it comes to mechanical parts. If I'm buying and fitting a radiator I would wanna know it's good and sorted for the next decade at least.
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Post Sat May 17, 2014 5:52 pm

Mitchen wrote:I wouldn't trust those cheap ECP radiators.. I've heard bad things about EIS and such like
I have personal experience of that. Found mine leaking from the temp switch boss. The boss was turning inside the rad at a worryingly low torque and was the cause of the leak. When I replaced it with a Nissens rad, I found the Nissens to be significantly more efficient too.
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Post Sun May 18, 2014 9:51 pm

You could be right but I will have to see how it goes now as its on the way. I was going to get my old one recored but couldn't find anywhere local to do it.