VW T4 Radiator Service Position & Front Grill Removal

In this short video I show how to remove the front grill and access the service position of my VW T4. Once the front grill is removed, I lift and move the radiator to access the service position of the engine bay. If you are looking at working in the engine bay of a VW T4, you know access can be very tight so to make things easier, the front grill can be removed in just a minute or 2 and the full radiator system then just lifts and folds out, leaving much greater access to the engine bay for servicing and belt changing.
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[@TheChadwinkle]

Thanks, exactly what I needed to know and done clearly without any nonsense! Good job!

[@TheCampervanBuilder]

Glad to be of help

[@cocoablini]

Thank you! I have the 1995 EVC and the instructions I see are totally different for Vr6

[@johno7808]

Very helpful! thanks for posting the video 👍

[@grahamball364]

Great help thank you 😊

[@jaapheres6715]

Thanks a lot very usefull.

[@TheCampervanBuilder]

Glad it was helpful

[@fbiiburton]

Great vid, if you want to get the front bumper off and the front inner steel part do you have to remove the whole rad?

[@craigharris8473]

Thanks 👍

[@robertfoord3582]

Hi, great video. I had a question I was hoping you could help with. I've had my engine overheat on a few occasions. I noticed that if I put my hand behind the radiator fan I didn't feel any airflow. Some googling has revealed that this is likely because the cowl or fan shield or whatever you call that venetian blind type thing isn't coming open. I've seen people saying that they manually open theirs, but I can't figure out how to do it. I've got a 94 EuroVan, and would love if you could help me out. thanks!

[@TheCampervanBuilder]

sorry not sure on that myself

[@Jennralize]

Have a 1.9td 1996 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago - the fan shield/vent was held open on both sides just by sticking the outer part of the fan to the main fan housing (there's springs between) with gaffa tape, so the air can flow through the radiator even if the fans aren't going (neither of them work, so I've bought a second-hand replacement unit from the breakers, to get fitted for summer).

[@robertfoord3582]

@@Jennralize I finally found an answer, on mine there was a busted thermostat which was responsible for opening the cowls. I just took it out and have been switching them open/closed depending on ambient temperature. Thanks for the reply