How the hell do you undo this nut?
Driving me mad
Please help, before I do something stupid
Heater matrix pipe
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linke30
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linke30
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I’m not with the car now,
Do you leave that pipe bolted together and take the cover of the heater core off as one?
The heater valve is already out.
Do you leave that pipe bolted together and take the cover of the heater core off as one?
The heater valve is already out.
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BenHar
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As I remember, you take the rubber hose off under the bonnet and pull the plastic bit out inside.
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linke30
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Okay, yeh remove the two heater hoses, remove the rubber grommet in the fire wall. Pull it out towards the engine bay. Then with some fiddling you can get it on.
My rubber was super hard to get out. Like it had swollen. Won’t quite go back in now, but hopefully no more leak.
My rubber was super hard to get out. Like it had swollen. Won’t quite go back in now, but hopefully no more leak.
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DanThe
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You can use a spanner or push a 1/4 drive extension through the grommet and undo it from the engine bay side
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linke30
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The lower one you get through the grommet hole from the missing lower pipe.
On my one at least , the grommet had to come out for the top one.
No spanner could get on the top one due lack of space and also the plastic moulding on the pipe.
Nightmare, just need to get back to it to bleed and up to temp make sure no leak as I ran out of time.
On my one at least , the grommet had to come out for the top one.
No spanner could get on the top one due lack of space and also the plastic moulding on the pipe.
Nightmare, just need to get back to it to bleed and up to temp make sure no leak as I ran out of time.