[V6-12v] Heater Core Kaput

[Wilfried Link]

Wow, thanks Mike! You just made my day. I take it you
didn't use the crazy crane tool Bentley shows to lift
the heater box out of the firewall in front of the
windshield. Did you just use a pry bar or something?
One last mystery: How and at what point did you figure
out the flaps weren't in the box correctly after your
first try? I sure hope it was before you put the whole
box back in the car again. (Luckily I bought my
daughter a digital camera for Christmas -- I will
certainly take your advice and use it a lot. Because
she said I could.) 
Funny, the part I dread most is getting all the
sweet-smelling nice blue coolant out of the carpets
and mats. I will be very jazzed to get this fixed,
becaue the car is pretty well dialed right now
otherwise, even at 193k.

Wil 
1995 A6


 --- Mike LaRosa <mrmotoguzzi00 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- Wilfried Link <wilfriedlink at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone ever DIY replace the heater core on an A6?
> 
> 
> Yup.
> 
> 
> > Mine
> > is flooding the footwells with coolant and
> steaming
> > the windows furiously. I have the Bentley manual,
> > which makes the removal of the heater box look
> > fairly
> > straightforward, but repositioning the flaps
> inside
> > the heater box after replacing the core looks
> > fraught
> > with danger without the VW/Audi special tool
> > template
> > (about $70 and a 7 to 10 day delay to get it.) Any
> > experiences out there? Thanks in advance.
> >
> 
> 
> Yup.
> 
> It's a pain in the butt... but it can be done...
> 
> The biggest pain is to make sure you put them back
> in correctly.  I did it twice before i got it
> right...
> 
> if ya have a digital camera use it ... alot ;)
> 
> 
> other tidbits...
> 
> on my 93 100, same body as your 95 a6,  I had hard
> time with
> the interior panels along the tranny tunnel..
> 
> 
> because my car is a beater and I was time crunched I
> simply pulled
> the 2 side panels off... they are not meant to do
> that..  I used
> black sheetrock screws to re-attach it when I was
> done... unless
> you really look it's not that noticeable...
> 
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Mike
> 93 100 csqa
> 
> 
> > Wil Link
> > 1995 A6 Avant
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