Copper Radiator Top Tank..???????

[abcjayasinghe]

When I had my car radiator top tank cracked recently, the local garage guy gave me an option of getting it done with copper ("piththala top tank" according to him) and assured that it's a more reliable fix than the normal plastic replacement tank. (cost -Rs.8000)

But i was too afraid of the unknown and opted for the plastic one.

Anyone in this forum who got the top tank done in copper ??????Experts, your openion please.....

Edited March 29, 2013 by abcjayasinghe

[Komisiripala]

aparaade machan. your mech was right. copper is the way to go. plastic doesn't hold up for long in our climes. there's a good radiator servicing place on stratford avenue a little after gandhara. they did my EK for 8000. (copper head) never heated afterwards.

run the plastic since you got it, but do consider a copper head if it ever gives out again.

[CJ5]

Of course copper is the way to go for the tanks.

All old vehicles had copper and lasted the full life of the vehicle. My 54 year old Jeep still has the original upper and lower copper tanks no problems whatsoever.The newbies have plastic this, that, and everything just to reduce production costs and the weight of the vehicle.

[DNP]

4 years ago, I did same thing for my diesel corolla.cost was Rs 4500

[abcjayasinghe]

aparaade machan. your mech was right. copper is the way to go. plastic doesn't hold up for long in our climes. there's a good radiator servicing place on stratford avenue a little after gandhara. they did my EK for 8000. (copper head) never heated afterwards.

run the plastic since you got it, but do consider a copper head if it ever gives out again.

Of course copper is the way to go for the tanks.

All old vehicles had copper and lasted the full life of the vehicle. My 54 year old Jeep still has the original upper and lower copper tanks no problems whatsoever.The newbies have plastic this, that, and everything just to reduce production costs and the weight of the vehicle.

I Got it all wrong it seems......just my bad luck..!

Anyway, thank you all for stopping by and helping to make things clear..........

[Sylvi]

Members,

It is better to change to copper radiators on any vehicle.

Browns used to have a separate radiator department with high quality copper radiators. Made to any sample given to them

All most all good old vehicles had copper radiators and both top and bottom tanks and core too were copper.

Some came with brass tanks but the radiator core was copper.

Till recently even Japanese vehicles had copper radiators. Now they come with Aluminum cores with plastic tanks.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[DMendis]

Normally it costs between Rs. 6000-8000

The person recomended by few experts in the forum before (http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/14488-radiator-top-tank-leak/), Liyanage at Nawala has some plastic top tanks for popular models starting from Rs. 4500, but he does the copper tank as well starting from Rs.5000.