Removing radiator 6N2 GTi "how to"
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:19 pm
I had a leaky radiator on one of my Polo's. It's not immediately obvious how to do the job, and more difficult with the air con radiator in the way, here's (briefly) how I did it as I couldn't find a "how to"
Drain the radiator from the bottom hose
Remove the indicator units
Remove the electrical connections to the fog lights
Remove the torx head screws holding the bumper in position, including the ones that were hidden by the indicators
Remove the bracket to the bonnet lock
Remove the bracket holding the pipe to the air con rad at the top of the plastic slam panel (to the right of the lock)
All the above is pretty much as Haynes, the next bit is different because you cannot pull the radiator up and out with the aircon pipe/rad in the way, so
Get more workroom by removing the bumper, this means removing the screws that hold the headlamp wash units to it, one allen head screw on the left hand side to allow some movement on another aircon pipe, then the 6 bolts holding the bumper in place.
The radiator will then come out to the bottom
It probably took me a couple of hours to remove, a fair bit of which was figuring out what to do. Time to source a new one.
Hope this helps someone
Drain the radiator from the bottom hose
Remove the indicator units
Remove the electrical connections to the fog lights
Remove the torx head screws holding the bumper in position, including the ones that were hidden by the indicators
Remove the bracket to the bonnet lock
Remove the bracket holding the pipe to the air con rad at the top of the plastic slam panel (to the right of the lock)
All the above is pretty much as Haynes, the next bit is different because you cannot pull the radiator up and out with the aircon pipe/rad in the way, so
Get more workroom by removing the bumper, this means removing the screws that hold the headlamp wash units to it, one allen head screw on the left hand side to allow some movement on another aircon pipe, then the 6 bolts holding the bumper in place.
The radiator will then come out to the bottom
It probably took me a couple of hours to remove, a fair bit of which was figuring out what to do. Time to source a new one.
Hope this helps someone