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Offline stealth_gti

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ahhhhh help
« on: 26 May 2009, 19:43 »
alright chaps my work mate has begged me into saying yes to changing his sons rad for him in a mk4 1.6 16v. i went and brought it today does anyone no if its a easy job and how do i do it lol cheers scott

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #1 on: 26 May 2009, 19:45 »
 :grin: :grin: :grin:

You agreed to do a job you dont know how to do?

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #2 on: 26 May 2009, 19:46 »
Look for Tim's (TJG) how-to he did on swapping the rad on his TDI - principle should be the same

think its in the maint and info section

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #3 on: 26 May 2009, 19:47 »
thats pretty much the gist of it mate yes

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #4 on: 26 May 2009, 19:52 »
cant find it chapps anychance of a linky im useless today :)

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #5 on: 26 May 2009, 19:54 »
here's one

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=110552.0

i'm sure he did a how-to  :undecided:

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Re: ahhhhh help
« Reply #6 on: 26 May 2009, 20:47 »
Look for Tim's (TJG) how-to he did on swapping the rad on his TDI - principle should be the same

think its in the maint and info section

I didn't ever do one, was in a rush to get the rad on. It's pretty simple though!

Remove bumper/lights/grill undo crash bar and supporting frame, drain rad with tank cap open using tap on passenger side of radiator, replace rad and reverse.