I've had a slight water leak from my radiator for a few weeks and have now started to take the car apart, is there any way to get the main radiator out without taking the A/C off. If anyone has any advice or properly laid out instructions would probably save me alot of pain.
Removing Radiator without disconnecting A/C A3 8P BKD
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Yeap, jack up a fair bit, disconnect & unscrew then drop down from inside to the floor or wiggle out from the top, aircon unit can stay in place, if need be to get room, drop the bumper, unbolt lock carrier, lean this forward & you'll get even more room.
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You can indeed go get someone to help or a ratchet strap to hold the AC radiator so the pipes don’t kink and damage or bend/
lifts upwards and rotate, PS you must remove the engine coolant radiator connectors before trying to separate to give you space ( when you realise they are stuck use a flat head screwdriver and gently hammer at the ridges around the sides to start the moments of pushing it out since it will be stuck in there pretty well).
This was me in December.
Almost forgot, good luck with cheese like thin T20 screws used to hold everything together (snap city). I posted how to deal with this crap.
lifts upwards and rotate, PS you must remove the engine coolant radiator connectors before trying to separate to give you space ( when you realise they are stuck use a flat head screwdriver and gently hammer at the ridges around the sides to start the moments of pushing it out since it will be stuck in there pretty well).
This was me in December.
Almost forgot, good luck with cheese like thin T20 screws used to hold everything together (snap city). I posted how to deal with this crap.
