After 14 years and nearly 100,000 km we had a radiator literally explode.

The radiator is an original Plus 4 2012 with aircon version so it is essentially the same as the Roadster, with aircon, of the same period.

We are on holidays in Sardinia, not a bad place to be stuck I must admit. We had passed over some pretty bad road due to a deviation for roadworks on the outskirts of Cagliari and that may have contributed to the failure.

As luck, in the midst of bad luck, would have it we were less than 200 metres from the appartment that we had rented in the centre of town. Most of the coolant was instantly dumped out of a huge break and sprayed out of the louvres and all over the windscreen. Fortunately the hood was up because of the amount of luggage that we had in the car.

The Sardenian people are just wonderful and we had a number rushing to our aid; offers of water, and then when the scale of the problem revealed itself, calls to mechanics and a tow truck organised etc. Our host arrived and she helped Alis carry the luggage to the appartment while I waited for the tow truck.

We were later loaned a car by our host and continued to two other booked locations while I frantically organised a replacement radiator.
Alis had to fly home from Olbia (she had to return for appointments and her 94 year old mother) and I returned to Cagliari to return the loan car and await repair of the Morgan.

With a little help from my friends a replacement Mulfab radiator was located at the Morgan dealership in Milan. It was new but when fitted was discovered to have a pinhole in one of the welds so it was replaced and subsequently repaired and put in the store. It did not have the mounting kit but Neale at Mulfab had one on the shelf.

8 days latter the parts have arrived in Cagliari and, as I write this, they are being fitted (properly, I hope). In any case when I get back I will take the car to my trusted Morgan mechanic to check it out.

A year or so ago I had a small leak from the little top spigot 'O' ring and that was ultimately fixed but I nearly replaced the radiator then. I now wish I had.

My recommendation to anyone that has the original plastic Morgan radiator and it is more than 10 years old on a car that has done almost 100,000 km (60,000 miles) would be to replace it if you are planning any long trips to out of the way places.

Peter

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