Andyp38
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I must be very fortunate as my o ring change went without any hitches :5bparty:
Took me about 6 hours in total,over 2 days.
My best tip to anyone else doing this job is do not drain all the coolant out,unless its due a change.
I had fresh antifreeze in mine so i didnt want to loose it
All i did was undo the two heater matrix pipes going through/to the bulkhead,and quickly plugged them to prevent any loss.
When i came to releasing the o rings from the matrix, i just had a minimal amount of fluid come out which was easily soaked up.
Research was the key to this job,everything i needed to know was on this site. Links and all.
I was so lucky in that the phillips screw that releases the o ring bracket, easily came undone with the right screwdriver.
I had read that the o rings were 22mm x 2.5mm, but i could only get 22mm x 3mm. Only slightly bigger but harder to reassemble,i decided to place them in hot water first. Then coated the oriface and rings in fairy liquid before clamping them back in.
Well it worked for me
Although i did take out the radio and hevac unit, in reality i didnt gain anything by doing so.
All my access and viewing was done from under the steering wheel area,also where the speedo was taken out and from where the right had centre console cover was.
Oh and i also cut the hevac pipe as in certain articles on here,made life a lot easier !
My old o rings had gone flat,and one was split.The other split as i took it out !!
Hopefully theres a couple pics bellow this i took.
Hope this helps someone else when their time comes to do this job :welcome2:
Took me about 6 hours in total,over 2 days.
My best tip to anyone else doing this job is do not drain all the coolant out,unless its due a change.
I had fresh antifreeze in mine so i didnt want to loose it
All i did was undo the two heater matrix pipes going through/to the bulkhead,and quickly plugged them to prevent any loss.
When i came to releasing the o rings from the matrix, i just had a minimal amount of fluid come out which was easily soaked up.
Research was the key to this job,everything i needed to know was on this site. Links and all.
I was so lucky in that the phillips screw that releases the o ring bracket, easily came undone with the right screwdriver.
I had read that the o rings were 22mm x 2.5mm, but i could only get 22mm x 3mm. Only slightly bigger but harder to reassemble,i decided to place them in hot water first. Then coated the oriface and rings in fairy liquid before clamping them back in.
Well it worked for me
Although i did take out the radio and hevac unit, in reality i didnt gain anything by doing so.
All my access and viewing was done from under the steering wheel area,also where the speedo was taken out and from where the right had centre console cover was.
Oh and i also cut the hevac pipe as in certain articles on here,made life a lot easier !
My old o rings had gone flat,and one was split.The other split as i took it out !!
Hopefully theres a couple pics bellow this i took.
Hope this helps someone else when their time comes to do this job :welcome2: