M@tt 77 Posted December 22, 2009 The missus Golf (1.6 non aircon) radiator is fooked (had to be towed home for the 2nd time in 2 days!) I've just ordered a replacement with the intention of replacing it when i get home from work this evening but i've not seen how bad a job it is to. Is it a complete bumper & front of the car off job or nice and easy? (crosses fingers its the latter) Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrSarty 113 1 Cars Posted December 22, 2009 My mate 'Pronta' on here is a VW/VAG expert and mod on PVW Forum. If you PM him he'll help out. I'll let him know you may get in touch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BackStreetRacecars 3 Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) small torx bits to remove the front bumper... then some larger torx to remove the rad..... repeat in reverse.. job done... Edited December 22, 2009 by BackStreetRacecars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) cheers chaps although it down looks like its a head gasket job as well! the mrs went to Nottingham and back with very little water in it! ggrrrrr Got to get it done before xmas!!!! Edited December 22, 2009 by M@tt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted December 23, 2009 what a f***ing bag of wank VW's are!!!! Who the hell though it would be a good idea to use RIBE socket bits for the Headbolts!!! Just my luck i spent most of the evening stripping the peripherals off the head to finally get the cam cover off to find that it had a stupid style headbolt which obvioulsy i don't have the socket for that meant i couldn't get the head off, which meant i couldn't take the head to get skimmed today which meant i couldn't get the head back on it tonight, which means i'll be spending my xmas eve in next doors garage trying to put the bag of s*ite back together again!!! and my family is all arriving today for xmas so we were supposed to be spendign time together etc but that's now gone out the window as well ho ho f***ing ho!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,737 Posted December 23, 2009 GSF sell that socket, as do Draper stockists (GSF sell the draper one) The only reason I have one is that I did a headgasket on my sisters Diesel Ibiza a few years ago, only been used once! a lot of japcrap use RIBE btw, they tend not to snap like T55 bits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
