Hi there , for several weeks I had a coolant leak in my jag.. I checked the lower hose because was the area of leaking, I cleaned the outlet connection, I tighten hose clamp very well, but no luck still a leak..
Well after some days more the issue was reveled.. I has a minor crack in plastic radiator 10cm upper lower hose, yesterday I put some compound cool weld , but I presume that this will be a temporary solution
I need to replace the radiator I read the JITIS and I couldn´t find the procedure , could some one send the tech procedure to remove and install the radiator ? I need to disconnect the ac lines? to lost the ac refrigerant? some one could share step by step the procedure? thank you very much..

 

The 03 on wards s type v8 automatic's all shair the same radiator , SC or NA !
Only the header tank differs ,
I managed to change mine without degassing the A/C , but did have to bend the alloy AC pipe out of the way of the lower hose outlet !
Then bend it back again afterwards , it's not too hard to do , but a very tight fit .
Start by removing the under tray , and unplunging the cooling fan from underneath , drain the system with the drain plug on the lower side of the radiator , then remove the header tank.
There are many how To's on that procedure ,
then remove the top hose , then unbolt the secondary coolant pump and DCCV from the back of the fan shroud , un bolt the fan and slide it out the top , then dissconect the trans lines and the lower hose , remove the 6 top mount bolts and the plastic mounts ,in bolt the trans cooler/PS cooler brackets from the front of the radiator , bend the AC pipe a little and very carfully , then lift out the radiator , reverse for refitting .

 

Make sure your replacement radiator has the integral transmission cooler! Many of the cheap ones on the web are for the few manual transmission cars produced. Will simply not suit if your car is an autobox.

 

Welcome to the forum sas123_cl,

JTIS 2003 S-Type procedure reference is Radiator 26.40.01 If you can't find it, you can download the document from my MediaFire account using this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wbd3nl...l_26.40.01.pdf

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Graham

 

Hi GGG

Thank you I already download the procedure.. best regards.. I will do the job once the parts arrive.. regards