Vw Front And Side Flange Replacement And Coolant Refill Youtube In the video we replace the side and front coolant flange. will we show the tool that you will need and take you step by step through the process. we are wor. Drain the coolant from the system. remove the water hose going to the coolant flange, unplug the 2 temp sensors, 1 on top and the lower 1. blue sensor in the pic. remove the 2 10mm head bolts holding the flange in place (circled in red) and remove the temp sensors. this is what the old coolant flange looked like the o ring was broken as well as.
Buy 4pcs Set Aluminum Coolant Flange Upgrade Kit For Vw Mk4 Golf Jetta This step is easy. loosen one 10mm bolts holding upper coolant pipe next to the frontmost intake spoke. i broke a plastic bracket in my past “gentle” work which is replaced by a green zip tie below, now i just cut it to allow some movement for upper coolant pipe. (4) remove lower flange bolt. this is the fun step. In this video i replace a coolant flange on our 2008 vw gti which appears to be leaking. i also break another plastic coolant connection in the process and h. 23 posts · joined 2012. #1 · may 6, 2019 (edited) hi all, i pressurized the system to see where the leak is coming from and immediately i saw water drips from the coolant flange (looks like it's between the flange and the cylinder head). i read somewhere here that it's necessary to remove the intake manifold in order to replace the coolant. Here is the scoop. yes the tandem pump gasket was definitely leaking and the coolant flange gasket was just starting to deteriorate. however, that was part a of the leak. when i looked i thought the timing belt area was dry, but alas it was not. the water pump is apparently leaking. 73k on the timing belt and water pump.
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