Thank you for this video . Got useful information off this and also a good laugh as myself and my father were almost going insane and your video confirmed we were not alone 😃
Well done pal. Very informative exactly what I need to do. Looks.like a right ball ache but now I've seen how it's done I'm gonna attempt it. Thank you for your struggle 😂👍
That was a rough p##ck, I give you props for not giving up. Good job, honest mate, that is no easy task to handle, it gave me hell, I was literally stuck upside down taking the the heater core out, thank God my wife began looking for me and helped pulled me out of there.
Cheers for the video. Im doing the same on a caddy mk4 - absolute nightmare. I started at 9 this morning and its now 6pm and im nowhere near done. The vw garage wanted 1400 euros and theres no way im paying that!
Great video. I have just changed the matrix on Golf Gti 7.5. The glovebox was cheeky to remove. Needed to remove Infotainment as screw hiding behind that. Used 225mm extension to reach. My matrix was easier to remove. Had to remove blower fan though - only held on with 3 screws and some clips. Overall job took 6 hours. Car is toasty hot now. Initial problem was drivers side was cold, passenger side warm but not hot. Thanks for video. This was so helpful. Other thing I had problem with was fault codes after reconnecting the battery. They disappeared when I took the car a test drive.
Also took me 6 hours....not a fun job but nice to have a hot car again. Yes when the battery is disconnected the steering has to be re calibrated to turn the lights off.
@@whatsdavedone104 VW were wanting £1200 to change. I managed to get a quote from a VW specialist - they wanted £950. My new matrix was £120, £10 for new coolant and £10 for an long extension socket and radio removal keys. So glad I attempted this myself. A used a garden kneeling cushion to help my knees. A few cuts on hands but the £900+ saved outweighs this! Cheers again Dave. Brilliant video - which made me laugh also. 👍😂
@djneilhaines VW and VW specialist would remove the full dash, that's why they quote so high, they don't really want the job. Glad it's save you a lot of money and gave you a laugh 😃
@@djneilhaineshow did you flush your system out. And when you flushed it did you flush it whilst the old matrix was inside or when the new one was installed. Any other tips I’ve got all the parts just need to change it now
@@hpls8160 Didn’t flush. The coolant looked to be okay, so I risked it. 2 months later my car is still roasting on my daily commute. I will drop the coolant when I have a nice day in spring.
Thank you for your video and giving me the confidence to do the job. Wish I hadn’t, what a c-t ! Everything out in about an hour then 5 hours trying to get the f--ing clamps on. Bits of wood, spanner’s and cable ties. You only use the black seals, think the reds are for either Nissans or Seats and the black ones were the only ones in it before. Car gets nice and hot now.
Great video and I managed to do mine. Some additional tips would be to.. 1. Disconnect the hoses where they go in the firewall, this allows a little more movement gor the pipes. 2. Lube up the new seals with silicone lubricant. 3. Replace the bolts on the clamps with longer ones, mskes it much easier to have them in place. 4. I used a large plastic coated tyre lever to move the pipes, it gives leavarege and doesnt damGe the pipes. I would rather be force fed broken glass than do this again, but good luck to those who give it a go. Your expletive vocabulary will o Increase a hundredfold
Doing this job made me want to cry on multiple occasions. Having just done head gaskets on my sons Subaru, I was feeling confident going into this job. I would happily pull an engine before doing this job again. It's no wonder the dealers charge so much for this job...
It’s a pig of a job, done my wife’s golf recently, but left out the red seals not put any coolant in yet as I broke the flap controller, looking at your video looks like they need to go in, so I’ll have to remove the clamps again, what did make mine easier was undoing the clamp at the bulkhead so the pipes have some movement.
It's a shitty job lining the clamps back up 😒 I dread to think what a mechanic would charge. Glad I did it and it didn't leak. Mrs now complaining that car is to hot 🤣
Hi mate, brilliant video. I’ve had a problem with my mk6 golf, temp gauge, rises and lowers at random times. Haven’t been able to determine what causes it. Looked at forums and a couple have said they changed the heater matrix and fixed the problem. So I think I’m going to tackle this and hopefully sorts the problem.
@@whatsdavedone104 raising and lowering above 90. Raising so high at times it goes into safe mode and have next to no power. Car itself isn’t overheating. New timing belt done, water pump replaced. Still doing it. Read a few forums where thermostats etc have been changed and still same problem persists. Someone bypassed the heater matrix and problem went away. Think I’m more hopeful it is the heater matrix than anything else as problem is rather annoying.
@alpina2335 this is something new to me 🤷♂️ never heard of a bad matrix causing over heating but when my matrix failed it was winter time so might be different in summer.....let me know how it goes 😉
@@whatsdavedone104 yeah it’s a real strange one. As I said I’ve only managed to find two forums with same problem and apparently they changed this and seemed to get rid of the problem. Very strange one, I can drive round the town and will sit bang on 90. Soon as I go to work (25 miles) it starts rising. Then falling to 90, then rising, then….. you get the picture. But I’ve never been able to pinpoint what causes it. Is it driving after a certain time, hitting a certain speed, something I’m doing in the car, I have no idea. I just hope this clears the problem. But I will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.
I had the same issues doing my wife’s A3. Then the new replacement one didn’t fit so I flushed the original and refitted it. This was a temporary fix as it’s blocked again 😤Next I’ll try to flush it on the car without removing the matrix. This has got to be the worst job on these cars. I wouldn’t have attempted it if I’d seen seen your video beforehand
Busy doing this at the minute mate using your video it’s the most informative one on here well done as it is a twat of a job and I’ve still yet to put the new one in m8😡😡😡😂but well done don’t know how you weren’t effing and blinding haha👍
I was effing and blinding....but I never, well once or twice, swear in my TH-cam videos....its a bitch to get the clamps back on 😖 not a job I would do again in a hurry 😤
Hello Dave like your diy mate 👌🏻 I always worked on my older Golf but these newer ones are🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😆😆 Gonna do mine these days because no warmth and heater matrix is one pipe hot and other one cold to luke warm when under throttle higher rpm’s So thinking clogged heater matrix or the extra waterpump. And may i ask what cordless ratchet you use because its a nice small one.
Great video mate. I was debating having a go myself but it looks a real pig. Where did you order your replacement from, did it come with a set of seals?
Ordered the same matrix last week but it only came with the orange seals. I contacted Nissens (the manufacturer) and they told me to just use the orange o rings. Take off the black seals….. this would make sense I suppose as the o ring’s are not present in the original one, looking at your video. What do you think Dave? Could this explain why it was so hard to get the pipes to line up again? If that’s the case why were they supplied with yours🤷🏻♂️
@GaeilInisCeithlean yeah maybe they are not required 🤷♂️ will it make it easier, possibly, but it's still going to be tight as not much movement between pipes and matrix
I had to make few amendments to the plastic cover...seems that the aftermarket ones are not quite the same as the oem ones they use from factory....just broke of bits of plastic until it fitted correctly
So just a question,did you refit an original VW new heater core or was it aftermarket? As you said it was a little bit different so you struggled. Were the old and new part numbers the same? Do you know why it was blocked?
@colin5064 no, I think it would have taken just as long, reconnecting the pipes was the most time consuming part, as no room for 2 fingers let alone 2 hands to hold them in place.
Dave I got mine finished today like yourself I had no leaks but it’s still not blowing hot air any ideas m8,the 2 pipes into the matrix are hot so the matrix must be so why no hot air it’s driving me nuts lol any ideas m8
Can you see the heater flaps moving when you operate the dials? Could be an air lock in the heater matrix 🤔 open expansion tank, turn heaters on full and let it get up to temperature. I had to put about 500ml of coolant in after changing mine....didn't add that bit into the video
Hi Dave, Thanks for the video. I've got to do mine on my MK5 which is probably the same set up. How much coolant did you lose and is it worth draining the coolant or not?. P.s I ended up buying the Eonon Q53pro after watching your previous videos. Very Informative, thanks
I lost approximately 300ml of coolant. Not really worth draining the coolant. My coolant was changed back in the summer, but if you haven't changed coolant in last 2 year it's probably best to drop it all and put fresh in after replacing the matrix
Remember once you change the matrix to have heating on full heat and strength to get any air out of the system before topping up....I didn't and just had to drive 10 miles to my Mrs as the coolant light was flashing, she was panicking 🤣
About to do this to my scirocco, was it a fairly ok job? Also do i need to clamp the coolant pipes or anything? Also how many hours roughly did it take! Thank you :)
It's a bitch of a job....it took me 6 hours 3 hours of that was getting the pipes reconnect, once I had them connected it was leaking and had to re connect them again as I hadn't put O rings in place. Might have been easier with a second set of hands
@@whatsdavedone104 i’ve gotta do it in one day on my own. I feel confident but it’s just gonna be a bitch🤣 anything you would’ve done different? Thanks for the reply
@simpsonvaletingservices4177 it would have been quicker had I not have been filming. Anything different, yeah make sure the clamps are sitting exactly how there were when you remove them, one points up, one points down and make sure you top up your coolant when done. I forgot then had a phone call from my Mrs saying "there's lights on on the dash" and had to drive 30 mins to put 400ml of coolant in....its been grand ever since 😀
Hi just used your video which is great. Did you use both seals to get it back into place or did you just use the O rings? Struggling to push them back together to then put the clamp back on because as soon as I let go it just pops right back out😂
No, even if you drain the coolant there would still be coolant in the matrix when you remove it....just remember to top the coolant back up to replace what's lost when removing.
I’ve just been trying to put the new core in now but I’ve had to leave it for the night otherwise I’d smash the car up I’m that p*ssed off with it. I did the heater core on my wife’s 14 plate A3 and that was really easy. Back to the golf it’s strange how the old matrix doesn’t have seals in the core itself, only the ones on the pipes.
@matthewking5193 yep it's a b@@ch of a job, I nearly gave up when doing mine but had no choice. Sleep on it and start again fresh tomorrow.....good luck
Ciao io ho il problema sulla mia golf VI quida sinistra ho problemi di riscaldamento su lato passeggero esce fredo quidatore tiepido puoesere il radiatore ? Grazie
More likely an issue with heater matrix than the radiator, It's probably starting to block, only heating at top and remains cold at bottom due to blockage
my golf VI cold air comes out on the passenger side and normal air comes out on the passenger side, I tried to run a diagnosis and everything turned out fine, the motors and probes are fine, can the internal passenger compartment radiator be used? mine is dual zone thanks touching the radiator pipes makes the inlet and outlet hot
@@whatsdavedone104 Calibration already done doesn't change anything you suspect that it's the internal passenger compartment radiator which is halfway blocked I don't have to dismantle it and check I can't understand anything anymore
Exactly the same as a Caddy mk3. Im on my 3 day of this nonsense, the small clamps are the worst. Im Putting them on the 4th time now, and it's not getting any easier. I rise a glass to all that are doing this job by themselves.
Day 3 🙈 makes me feel better that it only took me 6 hours....dread to think what VW would charge as they say its a full dash out job....keep going you will get there.
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Was debating doing this on my Scirocco but after watching your great video I think I’ll leave it alone great content keep it coming
Thank you for this video . Got useful information off this and also a good laugh as myself and my father were almost going insane and your video confirmed we were not alone 😃
Horrible job....glad my video helped and brought amusement 👍
Most useful video for the heater matrix. I've used it to do my 2009 tsi touran! Thank you.
Horrible job to do 🙈 so glad the video helped you
@@whatsdavedone104 it is.
Well done pal. Very informative exactly what I need to do. Looks.like a right ball ache but now I've seen how it's done I'm gonna attempt it. Thank you for your struggle 😂👍
It's a b@@ch of a job....vw charge £1800 as its supposed to be a full dash out job 🙈 give yourself a good 6 hours
That was a rough p##ck, I give you props for not giving up. Good job, honest mate, that is no easy task to handle, it gave me hell, I was literally stuck upside down taking the the heater core out, thank God my wife began looking for me and helped pulled me out of there.
I have pain in my right shoulder for about a week after....getting the clamps back on the pipes took far to long 😫
This helped me out seriously. Thanks for the effort
Pain in the arse of a job 🤣
Cheers for the video. Im doing the same on a caddy mk4 - absolute nightmare. I started at 9 this morning and its now 6pm and im nowhere near done. The vw garage wanted 1400 euros and theres no way im paying that!
Yeah it's a bitch....took me 6 hours. Getting the pipes back together is the horrible part
Great video. I have just changed the matrix on Golf Gti 7.5. The glovebox was cheeky to remove. Needed to remove Infotainment as screw hiding behind that. Used 225mm extension to reach.
My matrix was easier to remove. Had to remove blower fan though - only held on with 3 screws and some clips.
Overall job took 6 hours. Car is toasty hot now. Initial problem was drivers side was cold, passenger side warm but not hot.
Thanks for video. This was so helpful.
Other thing I had problem with was fault codes after reconnecting the battery. They disappeared when I took the car a test drive.
Also took me 6 hours....not a fun job but nice to have a hot car again.
Yes when the battery is disconnected the steering has to be re calibrated to turn the lights off.
@@whatsdavedone104 VW were wanting £1200 to change. I managed to get a quote from a VW specialist - they wanted £950. My new matrix was £120, £10 for new coolant and £10 for an long extension socket and radio removal keys. So glad I attempted this myself.
A used a garden kneeling cushion to help my knees. A few cuts on hands but the £900+ saved outweighs this!
Cheers again Dave. Brilliant video - which made me laugh also. 👍😂
@djneilhaines VW and VW specialist would remove the full dash, that's why they quote so high, they don't really want the job. Glad it's save you a lot of money and gave you a laugh 😃
@@djneilhaineshow did you flush your system out. And when you flushed it did you flush it whilst the old matrix was inside or when the new one was installed. Any other tips I’ve got all the parts just need to change it now
@@hpls8160 Didn’t flush. The coolant looked to be okay, so I risked it. 2 months later my car is still roasting on my daily commute.
I will drop the coolant when I have a nice day in spring.
Thanks for the video!! It'd help me a lot!!
You are luckier than me, in my seat I have to remove the whole dash!! 😂
Yeah it's supposed to be a whole dash out job on the Golfs also 🙄
Thank you for your video and giving me the confidence to do the job. Wish I hadn’t, what a
c-t !
Everything out in about an hour then 5 hours trying to get the f--ing clamps on.
Bits of wood, spanner’s and cable ties.
You only use the black seals, think the reds are for either Nissans or Seats and the black ones were the only ones in it before.
Car gets nice and hot now.
Yes it's a b@@ch of a job....but you did it. Yeah sound like how long it took me
Great video and I managed to do mine.
Some additional tips would be to..
1. Disconnect the hoses where they go in the firewall, this allows a little more movement gor the pipes.
2. Lube up the new seals with silicone lubricant.
3. Replace the bolts on the clamps with longer ones, mskes it much easier to have them in place.
4. I used a large plastic coated tyre lever to move the pipes, it gives leavarege and doesnt damGe the pipes.
I would rather be force fed broken glass than do this again, but good luck to those who give it a go.
Your expletive vocabulary will o
Increase a hundredfold
It's a beautiful job 🙈 🤪 but at least you now have heat in the car ......one job I never want to do again 😂
Doing this job made me want to cry on multiple occasions. Having just done head gaskets on my sons Subaru, I was feeling confident going into this job. I would happily pull an engine before doing this job again. It's no wonder the dealers charge so much for this job...
It's a absolute b@@ch of a job....probably easier/quicker to pull an engine🤣....Full dash out if you go to VW....but you did it 👌
@mtnick How did you fare out with the seals. I only have the orange o rings with my matrix. Did you put in the black seals as well?
Great job. Seriously. I won't be doing this. Time to ring the mechanic 😂
Please let me know how much they charge, would like to know how much I saved by doing it myself 😉
@@whatsdavedone104 will let you know.
Thanks for sharing I'm having to attempt this on my partners car - 9 up here and the cars struggling to defrost
Hi Dave what was the make of the matrix that you used as a replacement thanks
Not sure/can't remember 🤷 got it from my local independent parts place.
It’s a pig of a job, done my wife’s golf recently, but left out the red seals not put any coolant in yet as I broke the flap controller, looking at your video looks like they need to go in, so I’ll have to remove the clamps again, what did make mine easier was undoing the clamp at the bulkhead so the pipes have some movement.
Yes both sets of seals need to go in. Yes it's a pig of a job....for VW to do it its around £800 as they take the full dash out 🙈
Great Video mate
B☆☆☆h of a job though 🤣
That's the funniest video I've seen in ages. Simple conclusion, call the VW dealer.
Dread to think what they would charge...according to VW its a full dash out job 🙄
respect Dave thanks for sharing this
It's a shitty job lining the clamps back up 😒 I dread to think what a mechanic would charge. Glad I did it and it didn't leak. Mrs now complaining that car is to hot 🤣
🤦♂️🤣🤣
Hi mate, brilliant video. I’ve had a problem with my mk6 golf, temp gauge, rises and lowers at random times. Haven’t been able to determine what causes it. Looked at forums and a couple have said they changed the heater matrix and fixed the problem. So I think I’m going to tackle this and hopefully sorts the problem.
Raising and lowering but not going above 90⁰ ? That's your thermostat that's stuck open....nothing to do with heater matrix
@@whatsdavedone104 raising and lowering above 90. Raising so high at times it goes into safe mode and have next to no power. Car itself isn’t overheating. New timing belt done, water pump replaced. Still doing it. Read a few forums where thermostats etc have been changed and still same problem persists. Someone bypassed the heater matrix and problem went away. Think I’m more hopeful it is the heater matrix than anything else as problem is rather annoying.
@alpina2335 this is something new to me 🤷♂️ never heard of a bad matrix causing over heating but when my matrix failed it was winter time so might be different in summer.....let me know how it goes 😉
@@whatsdavedone104 yeah it’s a real strange one. As I said I’ve only managed to find two forums with same problem and apparently they changed this and seemed to get rid of the problem.
Very strange one, I can drive round the town and will sit bang on 90. Soon as I go to work (25 miles) it starts rising. Then falling to 90, then rising, then….. you get the picture. But I’ve never been able to pinpoint what causes it. Is it driving after a certain time, hitting a certain speed, something I’m doing in the car, I have no idea. I just hope this clears the problem. But I will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.
@alpina2335 I would start by bypassing the matrix, just add a bit of pipe....run hose pipe into matrix and see if it flows
great video
I had the same issues doing my wife’s A3. Then the new replacement one didn’t fit so I flushed the original and refitted it. This was a temporary fix as it’s blocked again 😤Next I’ll try to flush it on the car without removing the matrix. This has got to be the worst job on these cars. I wouldn’t have attempted it if I’d seen seen your video beforehand
Awful job, VW/audi charge around £1800 as its a full dash out job for them. There was no chance of flushing mine, it was solid 🙈
hope I get it done too fingers crossed
Great job,wow
Busy doing this at the minute mate using your video it’s the most informative one on here well done as it is a twat of a job and I’ve still yet to put the new one in m8😡😡😡😂but well done don’t know how you weren’t effing and blinding haha👍
I was effing and blinding....but I never, well once or twice, swear in my TH-cam videos....its a bitch to get the clamps back on 😖 not a job I would do again in a hurry 😤
Hello Dave like your diy mate 👌🏻
I always worked on my older Golf but these newer ones are🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😆😆
Gonna do mine these days because no warmth and heater matrix is one pipe hot and other one cold to luke warm when under throttle higher rpm’s
So thinking clogged heater matrix or the extra waterpump.
And may i ask what cordless ratchet you use because its a nice small one.
Sounds like block matrix to me....here is a link to a similar ratchet as mine
amzn.to/3G0RYS0
Yeah thats what i thought🙈😆
So thats gonna be some shits and fucks this week🙈😆
Thnx for the link🙏🏻
Great video mate. I was debating having a go myself but it looks a real pig. Where did you order your replacement from, did it come with a set of seals?
I ordered from my local independent car parts centre, didn't have it in stock but was delivered 4 hours after ordering. Yes came with all seals
Ordered the same matrix last week but it only came with the orange seals. I contacted Nissens (the manufacturer) and they told me to just use the orange o rings. Take off the black seals….. this would make sense I suppose as the o ring’s are not present in the original one, looking at your video. What do you think Dave? Could this explain why it was so hard to get the pipes to line up again? If that’s the case why were they supplied with yours🤷🏻♂️
@GaeilInisCeithlean yeah maybe they are not required 🤷♂️ will it make it easier, possibly, but it's still going to be tight as not much movement between pipes and matrix
Hi I’m doing this now. Did the plastic cover that goes over the heater core go back properly mine seems to be sticking out a bit
I had to make few amendments to the plastic cover...seems that the aftermarket ones are not quite the same as the oem ones they use from factory....just broke of bits of plastic until it fitted correctly
Okay thank you. He got it back for now it will do. He just putting it all back together the glove box and that. Too cold for all this shit 😂
@Carley Woodham it's a horrible job to do, has it been checked for leaks🙈
@Carley Woodham and top up the coolant, think I added about 500 ml.....after I forgot a few thr coolant light came on 🤣
Does the coolant need draining before starting this job?
No, even if you drain the coolant there will still be a little in pipes to the matrix....remember to top it up when finished.
Great job mate what a bitch of a job, garage here in Australia wants, $3500 to replace it.
$3500 🤮 full dash out I guess
So just a question,did you refit an original VW new heater core or was it aftermarket?
As you said it was a little bit different so you struggled.
Were the old and new part numbers the same?
Do you know why it was blocked?
It was an aftermarket heater core, it was gummed up it rust and sediment, which over time became compacted.
thank you for the most kind reply.
Do you think it would have been any easier and quicker with original part heater core?@@whatsdavedone104
@colin5064 no, I think it would have taken just as long, reconnecting the pipes was the most time consuming part, as no room for 2 fingers let alone 2 hands to hold them in place.
So were you working on a 2010 1.6 tdi?@@whatsdavedone104
Yes Golf, bora, jetta etc from 2004 all the way through to present day have exactly the same set up
Hi, have had pressure in coolant tank as well or not? My car heater not working and too much pressure in tank. Any advice? Thanks
My guess would be heater matrix is so blocked the the coolant isn't cycling the system.
@@whatsdavedone104 thanks dave, just done my thermostat today (very difficult job) but heater still not working and too much pressure in coolant tank
Definitely a blockage somewhere, no heat would point to heater matrix
@@whatsdavedone104 thanks Dave, appreciate ur help
Dave I got mine finished today like yourself I had no leaks but it’s still not blowing hot air any ideas m8,the 2 pipes into the matrix are hot so the matrix must be so why no hot air it’s driving me nuts lol any ideas m8
Can you see the heater flaps moving when you operate the dials?
Could be an air lock in the heater matrix 🤔 open expansion tank, turn heaters on full and let it get up to temperature. I had to put about 500ml of coolant in after changing mine....didn't add that bit into the video
@@whatsdavedone104 where is the expansion tank m8
The globe shaped bottle that you fill with coolant to the max line
thank you very much
B@@ch of a job 🙈
Hi Dave, Thanks for the video. I've got to do mine on my MK5 which is probably the same set up.
How much coolant did you lose and is it worth draining the coolant or not?.
P.s I ended up buying the Eonon Q53pro after watching your previous videos. Very Informative, thanks
I lost approximately 300ml of coolant. Not really worth draining the coolant. My coolant was changed back in the summer, but if you haven't changed coolant in last 2 year it's probably best to drop it all and put fresh in after replacing the matrix
@what's dave done 300ml is not too bad. Changed coolant a couple of months ago, so a relief I don't have to flush it again. Thanks mate.
Remember once you change the matrix to have heating on full heat and strength to get any air out of the system before topping up....I didn't and just had to drive 10 miles to my Mrs as the coolant light was flashing, she was panicking 🤣
About to do this to my scirocco, was it a fairly ok job? Also do i need to clamp the coolant pipes or anything?
Also how many hours roughly did it take!
Thank you :)
It's a bitch of a job....it took me 6 hours 3 hours of that was getting the pipes reconnect, once I had them connected it was leaking and had to re connect them again as I hadn't put O rings in place.
Might have been easier with a second set of hands
@@whatsdavedone104 i’ve gotta do it in one day on my own. I feel confident but it’s just gonna be a bitch🤣 anything you would’ve done different?
Thanks for the reply
@simpsonvaletingservices4177 it would have been quicker had I not have been filming. Anything different, yeah make sure the clamps are sitting exactly how there were when you remove them, one points up, one points down and make sure you top up your coolant when done. I forgot then had a phone call from my Mrs saying "there's lights on on the dash" and had to drive 30 mins to put 400ml of coolant in....its been grand ever since 😀
@@whatsdavedone104 good but bad sort of news🤣 ill grab some coolant, cheers mate!
@simpsonvaletingservices4177 and remove your interior light fuse so the battery doesn't go flat.
Hi just used your video which is great. Did you use both seals to get it back into place or did you just use the O rings? Struggling to push them back together to then put the clamp back on because as soon as I let go it just pops right back out😂
I used both seals, didn't use O ring at first and it leaked....yes it's a massive struggle to get the pipe connected 🙈🙈
@@whatsdavedone104 yeah not the o ring but the other seal just seems to roll up/fold when you try to push it together😂
If I remember correctly I ousted it up the pipe a little then pushed it in with the help of screw driver....its not a fun job 🙈
@@whatsdavedone104 yeah I’m gonna put the seals in some hot water for a bit I think😂 there’s just too much movement to clamp them together haha
@danielking5749 good luck 🙈 definitely nit a job I would want to do again in a hurry
Did you drain the coolant before you started the job?
No, even if you drain the coolant there would still be coolant in the matrix when you remove it....just remember to top the coolant back up to replace what's lost when removing.
I’ve just been trying to put the new core in now but I’ve had to leave it for the night otherwise I’d smash the car up I’m that p*ssed off with it. I did the heater core on my wife’s 14 plate A3 and that was really easy. Back to the golf it’s strange how the old matrix doesn’t have seals in the core itself, only the ones on the pipes.
@matthewking5193 yep it's a b@@ch of a job, I nearly gave up when doing mine but had no choice. Sleep on it and start again fresh tomorrow.....good luck
I’ve been using my pry bar to help squeeze them together. I’ve done one but I’m not sure if it’s clamped it all round because of course ya can’t see
@matthewking5193 try getting a little mirror down the back to see if on 🤷♂️
Ciao io ho il problema sulla mia golf VI quida sinistra ho problemi di riscaldamento su lato passeggero esce fredo quidatore tiepido puoesere il radiatore ? Grazie
More likely an issue with heater matrix than the radiator, It's probably starting to block, only heating at top and remains cold at bottom due to blockage
my golf VI cold air comes out on the passenger side and normal air comes out on the passenger side, I tried to run a diagnosis and everything turned out fine, the motors and probes are fine, can the internal passenger compartment radiator be used? mine is dual zone thanks touching the radiator pipes makes the inlet and outlet hot
@umbertoditrani7119 maybe your HVAC needs reset 🤔
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@@whatsdavedone104 Calibration already done doesn't change anything you suspect that it's the internal passenger compartment radiator which is halfway blocked I don't have to dismantle it and check I can't understand anything anymore
@umbertoditrani7119 there is only one heater matrix, no separate heater for each side
Thanks, i hate it. Mine has the pipes top and bottom, which im hoping is a bit easier than yours
Exactly the same as a Caddy mk3.
Im on my 3 day of this nonsense, the small clamps are the worst. Im Putting them on the 4th time now, and it's not getting any easier.
I rise a glass to all that are doing this job by themselves.
Day 3 🙈 makes me feel better that it only took me 6 hours....dread to think what VW would charge as they say its a full dash out job....keep going you will get there.
Yikes
I'm in pain...can't lift my right arm from the angles it was at. Really not a fun job. Now my Mrs is moaning that the car is too hot 🤣
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