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Anybody else replace radiator at 90k?
- Thread starter raydub
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Red5pade
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- Pikeville, KY
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- Subaru
http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Golf_V--2.0T/Engine/Cooling/Radiator/
$400 is too much. also, if you cant do the job yourself, then take your car and a radiator you bought from the webs to somewhere else. it shouldnt be that big of a job. tbh, you could do the job yourself very easy but if not, it shouldnt take more than a cpl hrs
$400 is too much. also, if you cant do the job yourself, then take your car and a radiator you bought from the webs to somewhere else. it shouldnt be that big of a job. tbh, you could do the job yourself very easy but if not, it shouldnt take more than a cpl hrs
NJdubber
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- Audi A3 2.0T FSI
There are many reasons why a radiator will leak, take the advice that redspade has provided you and run with it.
Red5pade
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- Pikeville, KY
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- Subaru
np. btw, what is leaking exactly? is it the plastic end tanks?
heres something else to think about though. if you havent had you timing belt and water pump changed, then now would be a good time to have them just do it all.
Timpanogos Slim
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huh. Wonder why the all-aluminum radiator (which is less likely to leak than one with plastic tanks) says it's for manual transmissions only.
Now I'm wondering if G12 coolant is compatible with brass radiators - which you can fix at home with a wire brush and some plumbing supplies. (I speak from experience. Some boob broke the drain off of the radiator on my fiat and reattached it with jb-weld. Did not hold. Wire brush, acid flux, leaded solder, propane torch. done and done.)
Now I'm wondering if G12 coolant is compatible with brass radiators - which you can fix at home with a wire brush and some plumbing supplies. (I speak from experience. Some boob broke the drain off of the radiator on my fiat and reattached it with jb-weld. Did not hold. Wire brush, acid flux, leaded solder, propane torch. done and done.)
Red5pade
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- Pikeville, KY
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- Subaru
dsg would need a transmission cooler too
Red5pade
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- Pikeville, KY
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- Subaru
you need to do the timing belt at about 100k miles. youre coming up on that. if you dont do that, then your timing belt could slip, rip, or explode into thousands of pieces. any of those could destroy your engine. also, vw recommends replacing the water pump too. water pumps are cheap, but the parts and labor of doing a timing belt is expensive. shops will vary.
the g13 coolant is what i used last. i want to say i payed $45 for 2 gallons but thats was a few months ago
Timpanogos Slim
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- Hurtling up and down I15 in Utah
G13?
Did they change the color of the cap on the overflow bottle again?
The 1.5L bottle of HEPU G12+ (dilute 1:3 with distilled) in the boot of my GTI cost me something like $16 at the local import parts shop.
Did they change the color of the cap on the overflow bottle again?
The 1.5L bottle of HEPU G12+ (dilute 1:3 with distilled) in the boot of my GTI cost me something like $16 at the local import parts shop.
oy. not sure i wanna drop too much loot since might be getting a '10 s4 soon..