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. :-[ :-[
Quote from: wipa55 on May 27, 2007, 05:49:40 PM
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?
Quote from: wipa55 on May 27, 2007, 05:49:40 PM
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.
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.
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.
Errr!!! 4 bolts,Pleeez tell me youre kidding!When you see the photo,You will know why I wish you're kidding.
Quote from: wipa55 on May 27, 2007, 08:28:01 PM
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?
Yea this is one we need to know as much as possible about ;) cause we will all be doing it sometime
Quote from: BB on June 06, 2007, 02:27:41 PM
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.
Quote from: jasoncordelle on June 06, 2007, 02:40:22 PM
Not me.
I'll go get a professional to deal with it.
Me too, mechanical waranty FTW :laugh:
Quote from: BB on June 06, 2007, 02:27:41 PM
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?
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.
Upload your photos to www.photobucket.com :)
Quote from: wipa55 on June 06, 2007, 10:22:47 PM
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?
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 :D
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.
Quote from: jasoncordelle on June 07, 2007, 11:37:21 AM
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!!
Quote from: SteveC on June 07, 2007, 12:02:00 PM
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...
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.
Quote from: SteveC on June 07, 2007, 11:26:17 AM
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 :D
Summer time Steve? But you need the heater for winter! ;)
Quote from: Golfboy666GTI on June 07, 2007, 01:10:42 PM
Summer time Steve? But you need the heater for winter! ;)
yeah summer time, I'm too busy trying to keep the business afloat and have no money to pay anyone to do it, plus I'd have to drive the car up onto the lawn as the driveway is too narrow to have both doors open, which I'm sure you'd need to do ???
i did the whole job in a mk2 in about 4 1/2 hours, was easy really and not to much time upside down ;)
Quote from: dubbed on June 07, 2007, 12:58:16 PM
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.
I didn't realise it'd be such a laborious job, to be honest.
Seats are pretty easy to take out of a Mk3 and that would be the first step IMO. There's not a lot of lying upside down as well if I remember correctly and the job is more laborious than difficult (though it helped that when I was involved with taking the dash out of the wagon it was with John and he knows Mk3s inside out ;) )
I have to agree with Dubbed also - it is one of those jobs you almost want to complete yourself just to ensure it is all put back together properly so you get no squeaks and rattles. You'll almost certainly put more love into it than someone just getting paid to do the job.
Quote from: Filx on June 07, 2007, 05:10:19 PM
I have to agree with Dubbed also - it is one of those jobs you almost want to complete yourself just to ensure it is all put back together properly so you get no squeaks and rattles. You'll almost certainly put more love into it than someone just getting paid to do the job.
And the money you save can go into bigger and better things ;)
Fair comment.
Quote from: Filx on June 07, 2007, 05:10:19 PM
it is one of those jobs you almost want to complete yourself just to ensure it is all put back together properly so you get no squeaks and rattles. You'll almost certainly put more love into it than someone just getting paid to do the job.
good point and that was an issue I was wondering about as she is getting a few sound effects, particularly on coarse chip surfaces, but they mostly seem to be in the doors and the C pillars
I drove a 200k Mk3 early one before I got the VR6 and that was as tight as a drum, I wonder if the harder suspension (plus a few dirt roads up north) causes rattles to emerge
I see that Jason's up to 5!