After Market Nissens radiators: OK? or not advised?

[lesage]

M50 1992 525iXaT (UK): Have slight leak in rad, located near top rh corner. BMW replacement rad costs an arm & a leg (£330= app US500). Nissens about one third of the price

What have been boards experience of Nissens- Good bad or indifferent, or just the same as the original?

[Bill R.]

M50 1992 525iXaT (UK): Have slight leak in rad, located near top rh corner. BMW replacement rad costs an arm & a leg (£330= app US500). Nissens about one third of the price

What have been boards experience of Nissens- Good bad or indifferent, or just the same as the original?

[glen-sj]

I have one on my 92 525ia M50. It has been three years now, no problem.

[moots]

I fitted one,same brand name,to a friends car 4 yrs back.....still no problems.

[tnsguy]

After my radiator self-destructed, I replaced it with a Nissens. It leaked from the joint between the tank and the core. I returned it and replaced it with a Behr. Had no problems after that. I asked the guy who sold me the Nissens if they had seen many returns and he said no, so maybe my experience is unusual.


M50 1992 525iXaT (UK): Have slight leak in rad, located near top rh corner. BMW replacement rad costs an arm & a leg (£330= app US500). Nissens about one third of the price

What have been boards experience of Nissens- Good bad or indifferent, or just the same as the original?

[winfred]

nissens are about all we install and sell and have had no problems, CSF aka cooling systems & flex SUCK

[nsbone_1988_520i]

Which car brand uses Nissens? Can i get it from junkyard?

[winfred]

nissens is a aftermarket radiator maker and they build radiators for most of the cars on the market over here, they copy the factory unit closely, the factory unit is made by behr


Which car brand uses Nissens? Can i get it from junkyard?

[Derek A.]

The nissens are cloes to the behrs, but some of the individual parts might not interchange. Tried to do a tank on an early m50 e34 and it didn't fit. I have a nissen in my 535i and have zero complaints.

[liquidtiger720]

2 year old behr in my car =).

[nsbone_1988_520i]

The nissens are cloes to the behrs, but some of the individual parts might not interchange. Tried to do a tank on an early m50 e34 and it didn't fit. I have a nissen in my 535i and have zero complaints.

oo, ok :( . I thought it's a totally different radiator....

[lesage]

Derek A: That IS of concern. What build date was your 'early M50 e34'? Mines Oct 92 and I've always presumed its amongst the first