Great video, especially for us in the rust belt areas like Southern Ontario. Most folks don't know what we have to deal with trying to disassemble rusted out fasteners. I'm heading out to replace my rad on an Mk4 Golf TDI. With your help, I know it's doable this afternoon.
Make that seven . I'm just about to replace the rad on my ' 99 1.9 TDI . The rad's the same one that was on it when I bought it in 02 . If a visitor hadn't shunted it while parking I reckon it would still be alright . . . Great vid , thanks .
I did this job this weekend, took more time than I thought... you do not have to take the wheels off I also found that it was so much easier to install the new radiator by bolting it in without the fan assembly / shroud attached.
Great video. Very helpful and concise. This was quite a process and I ended up having to cut some of the torx bolts because they were so badly corroded and just stripped out. I recommend anyone doing this to soak all of these torx bolts in PB Blaster overnight. The bumper cover retaining bolts and fan shroud screws were the worst.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It was very helpful. But I didn't need to remove wheels all you have to do is to Jack it up and fully turn your wheels left . Stubby screwdriver will do . Another think . Because I don't have ac so I had lots of room to work . I didn't have to remove plastic frame under metal bumper . I just bent it a bit to remove rad . I removed lights but possably didn't have to . All went smoothly. But i snapped bit of plastic on plug for temp sensor as you mentioned in vid 😂 Thanks again 👍. Saved myself few pounds.
i got it done i also replaced the rad fans cuz mine were making noise and were shot. its worth having a part car comes in handy not having to buy to many parts @@OvensGarage
Nice vid I’m hoping I don’t need a new rad hopefully the hose has just broken or something even tho u made it look easy would be way to much work for me
Great video fellas. A big help. Question? No need to disconnect the hose for the AC condenser right? I was told have to discharge the AC before disconnecting it and recharge it again? Thanks in advanced for the reply.
Yep , I don't know if this is wrong or not but I've always jacked on the sub frame mounting points . Went to use the jacking point when I first got the car (decades ago) and really didn't like the cracking sounds .Figured those were seals cracking and stopped . . .Nothings dropped off yet ..
Great video and to the point quick. Maybe a little longer wider angle shots and to not use the term "rad" in place of radiator. Kinda got annoying. Besides that awesome work.
It looks like you had to disconnect the AC radiator. In Europe/UK that's illegal without degassing it safely first which needs workshop equipment. I presume you didn't, but you did mention unscrewing the AC connection. Can you explain? Otherwise super clear vid, thanks.
Did you need to buy any accessories for this project? Ie. New radiator mounts or seals/o-rings of any kind? It looks like a pretty straight forward project, just tedious due to there being a lot to remove and disconnect. Thanks for the video!
Nice video... Can you tell me what bolts actually hold the lower part of the front panel in place? I see the top mounting bolts but all the other bolts were to secure the radiator assy to the fibre front panel. Is it only secured by those two top bolts and the bumper iron bolting across it?
radiator removal on my '83 E30: open hood, pull off hoses, separate fan shroud from radiator (two clips at the top), take out one bolt at the top of the radiator and pull it out, 10 minute job max, different times...
Hi Tyler ~ I have a leak on my lower radiator hose connector. when I reached down to the connector 10:55 , I could feel the water dripping. My friend told me that There is a O ring within the connector... do I need to replace the entire connector (if possible)? Or do I need to replace the O ring only? Or do I need to replace the entire radiator? Im loosing the coolant very fast, within 10 minutes of driving time. Radiator appears to be new enough to me... thanks in advance.
Great Video - Thanks for sharing that. Question: Do you happen to know the tech name or the part numbers of the 2 small covers you removed at 3:40? the ones next to the battery?
thank you very much for the video, very helpful but will be good if you show the procedure how fill Radiator correctly, as I know some time faced problem with no circulation of water in the engine. Reason of non circulation of water is a not removed air from the cooling system during filling.
Why not spray wd-40 on the corner of the radiator every 6 months? Never mind. 8:12 I've own a 2004 Golf for 2 years and no one has ever showed me how to take apart the F up plugs.
The ideal thing is to have the vehicle krowned or rust checked every year that will prevent most rusting on the vehicle in all places. This was a used vehicle however and rusted a lot before we got it.
yea, figured out the clips ha, I got a radiator upgrade from ECS it would not fit my car... makes me pretty uset after taking the world apart. The mishimoto radiator would not fit the AC screen... I spent all night and most of today on it... ah. oh also the greatest challencge was getting the hose clamps on the new pipes. The new pipes seemed bigger, I had to get screw clamps the next day.
@@ricardopliego4273 what he meant was that VW could have designed it in a way that you don't have to take apart the whole front end of the car just to get the radiator out. I'm used to older cars and am quite shocked at how much work simple repairs are on modern cars.
Oh my Goat, too much things to remove just to replace radiator, never buy German Cars after seeing this,,, how much money people have to spend on maintaining these idiot Cars ?..
Himal Dissanayake where im from Germans are everywhere, Jettas, S4s, 5 series, C Class Mercedes-Benz, Tiguans... I do agree in the USA they are expensive because they are foreign...
Great video, especially for us in the rust belt areas like Southern Ontario. Most folks don't know what we have to deal with trying to disassemble rusted out fasteners. I'm heading out to replace my rad on an Mk4 Golf TDI. With your help, I know it's doable this afternoon.
Awesome job, still helping people out 6 years later
Hard to believe. Lol
Make that seven . I'm just about to replace the rad on my ' 99 1.9 TDI . The rad's the same one that was on it when I bought it in 02 . If a visitor hadn't shunted it while parking I reckon it would still be alright . . . Great vid , thanks .
Awesome job ! . Simple and correct with no fluff, just how a repair videos should be produced. 👍🏽
I did this job this weekend, took more time than I thought... you do not have to take the wheels off I also found that it was so much easier to install the new radiator by bolting it in without the fan assembly / shroud attached.
It’s a big job just for a rad..
Eric:
How long did it take?
Thank you. I needed to know how the 3 rad electrical connector came apart!
Saved me some broken connectors.
I know those darn elec connectors are silly...
One of the best "how to" car repair videos. Thanks so much
Cheers!
Great find. Great job. Years later...still coming in handy as im doing this tomorrow morning hahahaha
Great video. Very helpful and concise. This was quite a process and I ended up having to cut some of the torx bolts because they were so badly corroded and just stripped out. I recommend anyone doing this to soak all of these torx bolts in PB Blaster overnight. The bumper cover retaining bolts and fan shroud screws were the worst.
Straight to the point. Extremely helpful video. 👍🏻
GREAT VID.
straight , to the point, and no bull feces commentary.
I like it.
Glad to help!
Thank you, very helpful to a Chevy guy working on his sons VW. I would have had the engine out and who knows what else by the time I figured it out!!
Merci de la part d'un Français, tu m'a sauvé la vie. Ty
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It was very helpful. But I didn't need to remove wheels all you have to do is to Jack it up and fully turn your wheels left . Stubby screwdriver will do . Another think . Because I don't have ac so I had lots of room to work . I didn't have to remove plastic frame under metal bumper . I just bent it a bit to remove rad . I removed lights but possably didn't have to . All went smoothly. But i snapped bit of plastic on plug for temp sensor as you mentioned in vid 😂 Thanks again 👍. Saved myself few pounds.
thanks for the video have to do this over the weekend..... nice to know before hand sometimes what your getting into
How did it go?
i got it done i also replaced the rad fans cuz mine were making noise and were shot. its worth having a part car comes in handy not having to buy to many parts @@OvensGarage
Today I replace a equal in Brasil on my garage, very good your vídeo
Thnx guys done mine today thanks to your video.doing rear axle bushes tomorrow
Nice vid I’m hoping I don’t need a new rad hopefully the hose has just broken or something even tho u made it look easy would be way to much work for me
Adding the wrong coolant can also cause leaks. Learned that the hard way.
The best video for replacing the radiator, I have a MK 4 2.3 V5, are these instructions steps the same for my model?
Thank you!
Thank you for this extremely helpful video!
Great video fellas. A big help. Question? No need to disconnect the hose for the AC condenser right? I was told have to discharge the AC before disconnecting it and recharge it again? Thanks in advanced for the reply.
So clear and to the point the whole way thru. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Even on cars that don't show signs of rust, use two-by-fours in conjunction with jack stands on the jacking points to spread the weight out.
Yep , I don't know if this is wrong or not but I've always jacked on the sub frame mounting points . Went to use the jacking point when I first got the car (decades ago) and really didn't like the cracking sounds .Figured those were seals cracking and stopped . . .Nothings dropped off yet ..
Great video and to the point quick. Maybe a little longer wider angle shots and to not use the term "rad" in place of radiator. Kinda got annoying. Besides that awesome work.
It looks like you had to disconnect the AC radiator. In Europe/UK that's illegal without degassing it safely first which needs workshop equipment. I presume you didn't, but you did mention unscrewing the AC connection. Can you explain? Otherwise super clear vid, thanks.
Didn't have to do that no. No venting or re-charging of the AC required.
@@OvensGarage great, thanks for clarifying
Excellent presentation !!! This is a big help for my project. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Did you need to buy any accessories for this project? Ie. New radiator mounts or seals/o-rings of any kind? It looks like a pretty straight forward project, just tedious due to there being a lot to remove and disconnect. Thanks for the video!
DJStuTV Just what we showed in the video! It's a big process just to change the rad
You have to clean the o ring that's in the hose connecter with the valve to drain the coolant. The one with the metal thing you have to push up on
Nice video...
Can you tell me what bolts actually hold the lower part of the front panel in place?
I see the top mounting bolts but all the other bolts were to secure the radiator assy to the fibre front panel. Is it only secured by those two top bolts and the bumper iron bolting across it?
Awesome video boys! Thanks
This video helped me alot! Big thanks!
radiator removal on my '83 E30: open hood, pull off hoses, separate fan shroud from radiator (two clips at the top), take out one bolt at the top of the radiator and pull it out, 10 minute job max, different times...
Never again.... LOL
You don't need to take off the wheels, but yes, it makes it a little better to access the rest
Do you have to recharge the AC afyer disconnecrong ti?
Thanks for your time
Nice video good job ...
Thanks for watching!
On a 01 golf gla in the radiator support bolted or welded
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Hi Tyler ~ I have a leak on my lower radiator hose connector. when I reached down to the connector 10:55 , I could feel the water dripping. My friend told me that There is a O ring within the connector... do I need to replace the entire connector (if possible)? Or do I need to replace the O ring only? Or do I need to replace the entire radiator? Im loosing the coolant very fast, within 10 minutes of driving time. Radiator appears to be new enough to me... thanks in advance.
Great Video - Thanks for sharing that. Question: Do you happen to know the tech name or the part numbers of the 2 small covers you removed at 3:40? the ones next to the battery?
thank you very much for the video, very helpful but will be good if you show the procedure how fill Radiator correctly, as I know some time faced problem with no circulation of water in the engine. Reason of non circulation of water is a not removed air from the cooling system during filling.
Fill it run the engine and then check again after you fill it incase there was air in the system
Great vid !!!
It’s the exactly what I have to do thanks
Outstanding vid! Gotta do my VR soon.
Good luck!
Wish we could see the bolts. I got mine mixed up😂
You dont need to take all that stuff off just to change the rad. You can keep the metal bumper on the rad frame.
Can i ask the routing of the bonnet cable from bulkhead to bonnet latch
The bushings / mounts for the radiator wouldn't come off my old one is there a trick to get them off when I took one off I ripped it
It might just be stuck because of age. There isn't any trick to it....add some lube!
Very Helpful 👍
Glad it was helpful!
This is an AZG engine code?
great vid thanks for the help here
Looks good from the outside, but man that thing is a crusty mess underneath.
Crustier than a teenager’s bedsheets
merci pour la vidéo 👍👍
ça ma bien aidé
very good thank you
Can't you just take the radiator off, firstly removing the ventilator? If you have car lifts?
Fellas- How many hours did this project take? I have to do mine next week.
2 guys, 1 full day.
Of no prior knowledge of doing this before
How did this take you all day? usually takes about a hour or two working slow.
excellent
Why not spray wd-40 on the corner of the radiator every 6 months? Never mind.
8:12 I've own a 2004 Golf for 2 years and no one has ever showed me how to take apart the F up plugs.
The ideal thing is to have the vehicle krowned or rust checked every year that will prevent most rusting on the vehicle in all places. This was a used vehicle however and rusted a lot before we got it.
That sound at 4:05 seconds reminds me of this girl i dated once...
broccolihart71 hilarious 😂
Thank you
did you degas the ac
Not required
Thanks!
3:45 you need some syrup mate :D
spent 99.9999999999999999% of my time trying to remove the freaking wiring clips.... what a horrific process...
Yeah! We only had to break 1 during the process to figure out how to take the clips off... interesting engineering
yea, figured out the clips ha, I got a radiator upgrade from ECS it would not fit my car... makes me pretty uset after taking the world apart. The mishimoto radiator would not fit the AC screen... I spent all night and most of today on it... ah. oh also the greatest challencge was getting the hose clamps on the new pipes. The new pipes seemed bigger, I had to get screw clamps the next day.
The shop by my house wanted me to pay them $1000 to do this to my MK4.
It is a lot of labor just to change the rad
Damn that's a lot of extra unnecessary work
Why unnecessary? Is there an easier way? Got a vid for it?
@@ricardopliego4273 what he meant was that VW could have designed it in a way that you don't have to take apart the whole front end of the car just to get the radiator out. I'm used to older cars and am quite shocked at how much work simple repairs are on modern cars.
Also if you can get it on a lift, you can pull it out of the bottom. A lot less work. But this is the the only way to do it with a lift.
Gotta love German engineering. Who designs cars like that??
Ridiculous eh. Designed for the modern consumer. Dispose and move onto the next new item.
Took the headlights out 😂😭
If I were you, I would replace the water pump and the timing belt right away; putting it off could be disastrous!
Eric Herrera sale the car...is much better...
gilberto vazquez those engines are very reliable, i have the same engine but on a Seat.
The "front metal center piece behind the bumper" is the bumper lmao the plastic bumper cover is in fact not the bumper
Damn, ain't even gonna show how to remove the old radiator mounts.
I'm thinking of selling my jetta... the radiator is leaking
Spawn223311 there's radiators for 30 to 50 bucks.
@@intensebehavior5207 I think it's more about the labor involved than the cost of the radiator.
LOL!
poor gokf its all rusty n stuff
U should see mine lmaooo
Wtf did I get myself into... time to selllll
I know it is a massive job to do yourself. Definitely need your own garage space and a bit of time to tackle it.
Jesus. Too much work
Just patch the dam thing with a egg
Oh my Goat, too much things to remove just to replace radiator, never buy German Cars after seeing this,,, how much money people have to spend on maintaining these idiot Cars ?..
Himal Dissanayake where im from Germans are everywhere, Jettas, S4s, 5 series, C Class Mercedes-Benz, Tiguans... I do agree in the USA they are expensive because they are foreign...
:)
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