Help!!! Coolant leak inside car.

[wipa55]

Hey guys,I have a 94 golf vr6 and found coolant leaking from the heater vents on the floor.Can anyone tell me how to remove the heater,housing from behind the dash.I thought it would easy but I know have the dash out,wiring all over,my back seat full off plastic covers etc and still can;t get the heater out.Can anyone help with this. Thanks.

[RS ZWEI]

Hey guys,I have a 94 golf vr6 and found coolant leaking from the heater vents on the floor.Can anyone tell me how to remove the heater,housing from behind the dash.I thought it would easy but I know have the dash out,wiring all over,my back seat full off plastic covers etc and still can;t get the heater out.Can anyone help with this. Thanks.

I have to do this soon, Vert1 should be able to give you some advice. Does your car have airbags?

[Trofeo]

Hey guys,I have a 94 golf vr6 and found coolant leaking from the heater vents on the floor.Can anyone tell me how to remove the heater,housing from behind the dash.I thought it would easy but I know have the dash out,wiring all over,my back seat full off plastic covers etc and still can;t get the heater out.Can anyone help with this. Thanks.

have you disconnected the water coolant hoses from the heater inside the engine bay? i suspect the heater is bolted through the firewall too.

[80 Vert]

Four bolts go thru the firewall, disconect the heater hoses, degas the AC and disconect it. Then find the four nuts in the engine compartment and the heater unit will come out. Two of the nuts are around the AC lines where they come through the firewall, the other two are more towards the middle of the firewall.

[wipa55]

Yep It did have an airbag under there,Tiz now in the back seat.I did see the two hoses inside the engine bay going into the firewall.Maybe I should disconnect them and see hey!!.Will try and download a photo to show you guys wher I am with it.

[wipa55]

Errr!!! 4 bolts,Pleeez tell me youre kidding!When you see the photo,You will know why I wish you're kidding.

[RS ZWEI]

Errr!!! 4 bolts,Pleeez tell me youre kidding!When you see the photo,You will know why I wish you're kidding.

Have you got us a photo yet? How are you getting on?

[BB]

Yea this is one we need to know as much as possible about cause we will all be doing it sometime

[HandsomeDan]

Yea this is one we need to know as much as possible about cause we will all be doing it sometime

Not me.

I'll go get a professional to deal with it.

[NZVR6]

Not me.

I'll go get a professional to deal with it.

Me too, mechanical waranty FTW 

[RS ZWEI]

Yea this is one we need to know as much as possible about cause we will all be doing it sometime

I spoke to one of the guys at VW Spares, he seemed to think with Mk3s its only really the VR6s that do it?

[wipa55]

Hey guys.The nightmare is over,after several late nights and and the trusty torch,she's all back together and works like a dream.Alot more than 4 bolts though.All I have is  3 clips left over and a few cuts and bruises.I've taken photos,just not sure how to download it onto this site though BUT watch this space!!!!!!!.Thanks for the help guys.
PS: Got another heater core from Platinum VW.

[rambo_005]

Upload your photos to www.photobucket.com

[RS ZWEI]

Hey guys.The nightmare is over,after several late nights and and the trusty torch,she's all back together and works like a dream.Alot more than 4 bolts though.All I have is  3 clips left over and a few cuts and bruises.I've taken photos,just not sure how to download it onto this site though BUT watch this space!!!!!!!.Thanks for the help guys.
PS: Got another heater core from Platinum VW.

Id be interesting to see pics as I have to do this job soon.

Did you use a manual to guide you though the process? Was it a lengthy process? How much time do you think it took?

[SteveC]

maybe there should be a "pulling out your dashboard" masterclass for Mk3 owners,

my heater is disconnected at present because it was leaking, I've got a replacement heater matrix (thanks Julian), so I need to decide whether I can be bothered doing the work, with all the hassles, or to pay someone to do it, probably it'll be summer again when I get around to it 

[HandsomeDan]

I'd just have bits left over if I attempted something like this...I like to tinker, but can't do anything serious without the fear that I'll destroy my car for good.

[SteveC]

I'd just have bits left over if I attempted something like this...I like to tinker, but can't do anything serious without the fear that I'll destroy my car for good.

there's that, but it's also the sheer amount of time it would take me lying upside down on the seats to get to bits underneath!!

[HandsomeDan]

there's that, but it's also the sheer amount of time it would take me lying upside down on the seats to get to bits underneath!!

That's actually a really good point..I am very claustrophobic, so couldn't bear to be stuck like that for long...

I prefer to give the professionals their due and let them do what they can to earn their living...

[GLIDN]

all good and well getting professionals to do this job,

but do expect around 8 - 12 hours labour to do this,

so labour could easily be up to $700 or even more then youy still have to have the parts on top of that, then regassing AC and if you have installed your own stereo.

Have to worry if it has been connected up correctly again.

[RS ZWEI]

maybe there should be a "pulling out your dashboard" masterclass for Mk3 owners,

my heater is disconnected at present because it was leaking, I've got a replacement heater matrix (thanks Julian), so I need to decide whether I can be bothered doing the work, with all the hassles, or to pay someone to do it, probably it'll be summer again when I get around to it 

Summer time Steve? But you need the heater for winter!