New Radiator

[uscharalph]

I'm going to replace my (original?) radiator. My BMW has an automatic tranmission. From what I can tell it requires a differnt radiator than the manual transmission; right? Has any one had any good / bad experience with the Nissens from Denmark? Should I pay more for the Behr? Are ther any other (Possibly better?) brands I'm overlooking.

[PeteAB]

The R&R is straight forward, however, working with coolant is always messy as we try to minimize spilling any due to environmental concerns.
Good luck with it...

Pete
'95 525iT 116K miles

[Cambridge]

The Nissens are a few dollars more than the Behr. Although either should work fine, I decided to give the Nissens a try since they seem to be a bit beefier around the hose connections. Has worked well so far.

On my 95 540i automatic there was no special piping to link in the transmission.

[Kalevera]

The Nissens are a few dollars more than the Behr. Although either should work fine, I decided to give the Nissens a try since they seem to be a bit beefier around the hose connections. Has worked well so far.

On my 95 540i automatic there was no special piping to link in the transmission.

Huh? The Nissens is cheaper than the Behr.

I've never used a Nissens myself, but we sell them to customers looking to save a few bucks at the shop. Winfred says they're pretty good replacements. I'd point you to a thread regarding this topic, but it got deleted in the Great Data Loss '05.

best, whit

[Dan in NZ]

The automatics have a built-in transmission cooler, you should see some trans fluid lines going to one side of the radiator.

[Cambridge]

Very interesting... I wonder if it is a 540i issue. Do they use a different radiator? Radiator.com wanted $10 more dollars for the Nissens.

[Tiger]

$190 for Nissen... 1989 BMW 525iA... http://www.mr-auto-parts.com and free shipping. I buy all my parts from these guys.

[uscharalph]

Wow $17.26 cheaper than BMA.

[uscharalph]

They're selling Nissens on eBay for $179.50 (Free Shipping / No Sales Tax).

[uscharalph]

They're selling Nissens on eBay for $179.50 (Free Shipping / No Sales Tax).

So this is odd. I went with the Nissens, back in 06/2005. No problems with the plastic parts, but the core is weeping after 3 1/2 years. Nissens from the same guy = same price $179.50 or Behr $158.00?