andrewcliffe
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1 Open bonnet to the vertical position
2 Remove top engine cover (clips)
3 Remove engine undertray (4 screws, 8mm socket, 2 clips) (from underneath)
4 Drain coolant (remove header tank cap), coolant drain point under LH side, use wide screwdriver and have something to drain into. (underneath)
5 Using special tool to hold viscous fan still, use other tool to undo nut holding viscous fan to its carrier (conventional RH thread). Carefully lower fan to ground and store vertically. (mostly from above)
6 Remove fan shroud – 2 clips at top, two pegs at bottom and manoeuvre out from underneath. (underneath). Remove two radiator U shaped clips from above at same time.
7 Remove front shroud – 2 plastic clips at top, lift off at bottom. Note how bottom clips over flange. Use Philips screwdriver for top clips, or narrow plain screwdriver (from above)
[FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Undo radiator upper cross member – two bolts either side, and one in middle on front edge. 10mm socket (above)[/FONT][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/c43%20radiator%20change/HPIM1408.jpg
9 Prise out 3 clips which hold the air intake pipes in place. A Y shaped tool is quite good for this. They're fragile. Carefully manoeuvre out. Tricky requires manipulation. (above) I found the RH one (LH as you look in the car) to come out easier forwards, and the other one to come out into the engine bay.
You can see one next to the yellow sticker. Three per side.
10 Undo two bolts holding a/c condenser to radiator. 10mm socket (above)
didn't take photo. Easy to do.
11 Undo 4 hoses. Two on RH side, require 7mm socket, one on LH side, plus small one from header tank at top LH corner (requires pair of pliers) (above/underneath)
12 Radiator should now be free and should lift up and out. (above)
13 Lift out captive nuts where a/c condenser bolts to (magnet useful) and swap over rubber trim along top edge (above)
14 Re-assembly is the reverse of this step by step. When reattaching viscous fan, the torque is 45Nm. As the special tool you use may not have a torque wrench attachment, one way is to hold a torque wrench in a bench vice set to the required level, and holding it at the same length as the special tool, to assess what 45Nm feels like.
15 Refill. Total capacity is 9 litres (C43), of which between 4 and 5 litres should be antifreeze. I put a couple of litres of water in, checking for leaks, then the antifreeze, then topped up with water. Run car until hot. Heat should come out from heater vents, if not there is an airlock. I didn’t have such a problem. After short test drive, top up water. Monitor for a few days with 2l Cola bottles of water in boot (just in case)
16 Dispose of any old coolant / antifreeze in the correct manner.
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Here are the extra ports on my new radiator which we had to blank off
2 Remove top engine cover (clips)
3 Remove engine undertray (4 screws, 8mm socket, 2 clips) (from underneath)
4 Drain coolant (remove header tank cap), coolant drain point under LH side, use wide screwdriver and have something to drain into. (underneath)
5 Using special tool to hold viscous fan still, use other tool to undo nut holding viscous fan to its carrier (conventional RH thread). Carefully lower fan to ground and store vertically. (mostly from above)
6 Remove fan shroud – 2 clips at top, two pegs at bottom and manoeuvre out from underneath. (underneath). Remove two radiator U shaped clips from above at same time.
7 Remove front shroud – 2 plastic clips at top, lift off at bottom. Note how bottom clips over flange. Use Philips screwdriver for top clips, or narrow plain screwdriver (from above)
[FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Undo radiator upper cross member – two bolts either side, and one in middle on front edge. 10mm socket (above)[/FONT][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/andrewcliffe/c43%20radiator%20change/HPIM1408.jpg
9 Prise out 3 clips which hold the air intake pipes in place. A Y shaped tool is quite good for this. They're fragile. Carefully manoeuvre out. Tricky requires manipulation. (above) I found the RH one (LH as you look in the car) to come out easier forwards, and the other one to come out into the engine bay.
You can see one next to the yellow sticker. Three per side.
10 Undo two bolts holding a/c condenser to radiator. 10mm socket (above)
didn't take photo. Easy to do.
11 Undo 4 hoses. Two on RH side, require 7mm socket, one on LH side, plus small one from header tank at top LH corner (requires pair of pliers) (above/underneath)
12 Radiator should now be free and should lift up and out. (above)
13 Lift out captive nuts where a/c condenser bolts to (magnet useful) and swap over rubber trim along top edge (above)
14 Re-assembly is the reverse of this step by step. When reattaching viscous fan, the torque is 45Nm. As the special tool you use may not have a torque wrench attachment, one way is to hold a torque wrench in a bench vice set to the required level, and holding it at the same length as the special tool, to assess what 45Nm feels like.
15 Refill. Total capacity is 9 litres (C43), of which between 4 and 5 litres should be antifreeze. I put a couple of litres of water in, checking for leaks, then the antifreeze, then topped up with water. Run car until hot. Heat should come out from heater vents, if not there is an airlock. I didn’t have such a problem. After short test drive, top up water. Monitor for a few days with 2l Cola bottles of water in boot (just in case)
16 Dispose of any old coolant / antifreeze in the correct manner.
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Here are the extra ports on my new radiator which we had to blank off
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