Great video, thank's so much for sharing. It was to the point, not to long and boring (I already know *how* to remove a screw, thank-you), but didn't skip anything important and a *BIG* thank you for telling us the fastener type ("torx 20" "torx 15" "hex", etc) as you were removing them, that helps a lot in re-assembly! Car back together, had a heartbeat skip moment when it flashed the immobilizer and wouldn't let me start, until I remembered wondering what the "little black connector" on the steering column was for.... plugs into the side of the ignition switch and obviously needed or she won't start. :) .. all good, heat and no smell now.
Thank you for making this video! I've been trying to take out the heater core assembly and your video helped me tremendously! I'd get you a beer if I could!
Hi Dimitar thank you for watching I'm glad I help maybe some day we will meet I'm planing when I reach 10000sub to celebrate with subscribers how want to meet me of course have couple of beers a little chit chat etc.keep on waching
wish I could play this video backwards, I'm in the process of re-assembly... man.. what a job! getting the a/c side disconnected was hell, on a TDI, I had to remove the intake pipe and the anti-shudder valve just to get at it... Didn't have to fully remove the crossbar... with it disconnected I could move it enough out of the way to get the climate box out...Must say though, I'd like to find the VW engineers who designed this monstrosity, in a dark alley some night. :(
@the mechanic well Igor with the help of your videos and many other guides and tips I finally finished the heater core/matrix on my Golf! All seems good so far although I have brake issues so have not driven car much yet. Things to note when doing the job are the sealant on the base of the cabin filter housing. My car was getting damp inside and this was the culprit so I removed the housing and cleaned all surfaces thoroughly with a final wipe of 50/50 water/Iso alcohol and resealed it with a roll of Butyl Sealant. This seems to have worked great. The above leak also meant that water was dripping down past the blower motor and then into the blower motor resistor/tray that holds the blower motor in place. My heater blower would only work on setting 0 or 4 meaning the resistor has failed, it was very rusty and had a tide line inside the housing! So this was replaced and now works fine. (I recommend Autodoc site/app for parts like this and others!) In my case due to some inexperience with wiper arms I ended up stripping the splines on the wiper motor and arms so replaced them with second hand items. Make sure to use a proper tool to remove wiper arms. I hope to eventually create a guide (on UK-mkivs forum or similar) as I have quite an extensive amount of photos from completing this heater core replacement.
Wow it’s almost not worth fixing in these old cars. Would it kill manufacturers to at least design cars to where you don’t have to literally tear the whole car apart to fix something like this.
Quick question is the heat exchanger unit different from cars with AC and car without AC. I would like to retrofit AC, since I will be doing this job soon.
This video already helped me a lot. I'm currently stuck at the step shown at 13:14. I've removed 2 of them nuts. But I can't find the last one. The 2 I've taken of are the ones in the middle of the engine compartment. Can someone point me the right way?
Why didn’t vw redesign this so once you take a bit of the dash off you can get to the heater assembly. Known issue with the golf since at least the mk3. Great video though.
hello, the tutorial is very useful! I think I have to open it too. my car smells weird when I set on heating and it settles like a fog on the windows next to the vents. should the radiator be broken? thank you!
Um, the goal is to disassemble the least amount of things as possible why you were unbolting the relay box and everything else over there just blatantly screams unnecessary. The steering column can be left intact if it's telescoping/tilting just unlock and let it hang. Find all the 13mm bolts on the engine bay side, the hidden bolt behind the windshield wiper every other bolt is inside the car. A series of 10mm bolts hold the HVAC box, remove those from the engine bay under the heat shield, under the AC black box, then move the bar enough to pull the box out the middle of the dash to access the heater core. It's all about removing just enough to gain access to the heater core w/o breaking anything. TBH there's plenty of better Diy all over the web. Understand for most this is easily a weekend project and take pics if you can't remember the process and label where the sea of screws came from. If you make it a 2-step process, removing the dash first, then removing the HVAC box it'll go much quicker. If you need to be up and running asap and you know your way around an engine then it's around 4-6 hours with the proper tools and motivation.
How long does it take, to swap the heater core? Any idea how much time you spend on it? Need to do the same job on my car. So it's a great tutorial to me.
Taking your time using the proper tools and knowing where all the screws and bolts are will easily take 6-8 hours with the usual chatting and downing of a brew or two. If it's your first virgin voyage make it a weekend project and you'll be less frustrated in your performance in the end.
It will be my first one, already should of done it last year. Drove last winter without heating, luckily it wasn't that much of a winter last time, haha. Thank you
I'm actually doing it next week, as I have a week of work, and the winter is coming up quick again. Ordered the parts already,so just getting ready, mentally now, haha!
hi,i have problem with my seat alhambra 1.9 90 hp temperature come to 90 but when i start heater to max temperature goes down? i change termostate stil the same! what else can be? thanks
@@mechanicigor , today i finish with the heater core, but....the car won`t start... This is the errors: 6 Faults Found: 01314 - Engine Control Module 49-00 - No Communications 01316 - ABS Control Module 49-00 - No Communications 01321 - Control Module for Airbags (J234) 49-00 - No Communications 01336 - Company Data Bus for Comfort System 49-00 - No Communications 01336 - Company Data Bus for Comfort System 80-10 - Single-Wire Operation - Intermittent 00778 - Steering Angle Sensor (G85) 49-00 - No Communications What i do wrong? Thank you!
Hello friend, I am dismantling my IV golf to change the evaporator of the car. Your video has been very useful for me. But I have reached a point of no return and I have encountered two problems when it comes to sabar the steel bar that crosses the dashboard. Point 1. the top exit of the climate is hooked to the bar, I think it goes out to one side, but impossible without removing the bar before or up. Thing I can not finish doing for, point 2. The part of steel bar of the steering wheel, in its rear part is hooked to a plastic that passes the cables from side to side of the transmission and I can not unhook it. Would you remember how you did?
Ironia that steel bar needs to move little up and twist but check again did you remove every bolts and the part at the gear shift is removing separately of the steel bar just be careful with the windscreen
How much would this normally cost to have a mechanic do? I hear the heater core doesn't cost much but its a time intensive job to remove the whole dashboard to access the heater core.
In the early 90's most car's heater cores were still easily accessible, heater core replacement was a simple job. By 2000 and on it's no longer easily accessible in a lot of cars. Which equals more time/more money.
Benzinac 1.6 16V AZD, napravio po ovome kako ste pokazali (isto Climatronic) sve vratio i kada dam kontakt ventilacija se vrti na maksimumu a Climatronic ugašen a ne mogu ga pokranuti i osvjetljenje ima sve osim Klime :(. Šta ja prošlo po zlu, da li možete pomoći? Hvala
the mechanic Thank you for your answer... Do you have manual or something? I cant find anything about this work on seat Ibiza 6L and i was thinking that golf VW has the similiar work on it but now I know it is different.
@@miky9618 I don't have that kind of video if you find golf 5 or skoda octavia 2 then it's similar I'm sure I will have this video on skoda octavia 2 but maybe in few months
the mechanic OK thank you... I will look for Octavia 2 or Golf 5 .... Do you think that I will change it without removing Dashboard? It will be Very good , thnx man you are the best! 👊🏼
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Great video, thank's so much for sharing. It was to the point, not to long and boring (I already know *how* to remove a screw, thank-you), but didn't skip anything important and a *BIG* thank you for telling us the fastener type ("torx 20" "torx 15" "hex", etc) as you were removing them, that helps a lot in re-assembly! Car back together, had a heartbeat skip moment when it flashed the immobilizer and wouldn't let me start, until I remembered wondering what the "little black connector" on the steering column was for.... plugs into the side of the ignition switch and obviously needed or she won't start. :) .. all good, heat and no smell now.
Thank you for making this video! I've been trying to take out the heater core assembly and your video helped me tremendously! I'd get you a beer if I could!
Hi Dimitar thank you for watching I'm glad I help maybe some day we will meet I'm planing when I reach 10000sub to celebrate with subscribers how want to meet me of course have couple of beers a little chit chat etc.keep on waching
wish I could play this video backwards, I'm in the process of re-assembly... man.. what a job! getting the a/c side disconnected was hell, on a TDI, I had to remove the intake pipe and the anti-shudder valve just to get at it... Didn't have to fully remove the crossbar... with it disconnected I could move it enough out of the way to get the climate box out...Must say though, I'd like to find the VW engineers who designed this monstrosity, in a dark alley some night. :(
Did u have to drain the ac
@@allyorbital2713 not in my case, my A/C wasn't working and had no pressure. Otherwise, yes, it needs to be dealt with properly, however that is done.
@the mechanic well Igor with the help of your videos and many other guides and tips I finally finished the heater core/matrix on my Golf! All seems good so far although I have brake issues so have not driven car much yet.
Things to note when doing the job are the sealant on the base of the cabin filter housing. My car was getting damp inside and this was the culprit so I removed the housing and cleaned all surfaces thoroughly with a final wipe of 50/50 water/Iso alcohol and resealed it with a roll of Butyl Sealant. This seems to have worked great.
The above leak also meant that water was dripping down past the blower motor and then into the blower motor resistor/tray that holds the blower motor in place. My heater blower would only work on setting 0 or 4 meaning the resistor has failed, it was very rusty and had a tide line inside the housing! So this was replaced and now works fine. (I recommend Autodoc site/app for parts like this and others!)
In my case due to some inexperience with wiper arms I ended up stripping the splines on the wiper motor and arms so replaced them with second hand items. Make sure to use a proper tool to remove wiper arms.
I hope to eventually create a guide (on UK-mkivs forum or similar) as I have quite an extensive amount of photos from completing this heater core replacement.
Excellentisimo.....
Is the procedure the same for replacing the windshield wiper or is it similar to changing the spare wheel?
excellent video you are of great help thanks for sharing your knowledge, I did mine with your help thanks a lot.
Thanks, helped a lot in Slovakia ;-)
Wow it’s almost not worth fixing in these old cars. Would it kill manufacturers to at least design cars to where you don’t have to literally tear the whole car apart to fix something like this.
They fix some mistakes on newer vehicles but created another problems
Wery NICE movie. Thanks to you i do it my self. Thanks Again.
Quick question is the heat exchanger unit different from cars with AC and car without AC. I would like to retrofit AC, since I will be doing this job soon.
It's the same
Great video and helped a bunch thank you!
Glad it helped!
This video already helped me a lot. I'm currently stuck at the step shown at 13:14. I've removed 2 of them nuts. But I can't find the last one. The 2 I've taken of are the ones in the middle of the engine compartment. Can someone point me the right way?
That one hex bolt is of ac pipes and two nuts are around two pipes one is on top and the other one below
Why didn’t vw redesign this so once you take a bit of the dash off you can get to the heater assembly. Known issue with the golf since at least the mk3. Great video though.
hello, the tutorial is very useful! I think I have to open it too. my car smells weird when I set on heating and it settles like a fog on the windows next to the vents. should the radiator be broken? thank you!
If it's creating fog than you have to replaced for sure
Um, the goal is to disassemble the least amount of things as possible why you were unbolting the relay box and everything else over there just blatantly screams unnecessary. The steering column can be left intact if it's telescoping/tilting just unlock and let it hang. Find all the 13mm bolts on the engine bay side, the hidden bolt behind the windshield wiper every other bolt is inside the car. A series of 10mm bolts hold the HVAC box, remove those from the engine bay under the heat shield, under the AC black box, then move the bar enough to pull the box out the middle of the dash to access the heater core. It's all about removing just enough to gain access to the heater core w/o breaking anything. TBH there's plenty of better Diy all over the web. Understand for most this is easily a weekend project and take pics if you can't remember the process and label where the sea of screws came from. If you make it a 2-step process, removing the dash first, then removing the HVAC box it'll go much quicker. If you need to be up and running asap and you know your way around an engine then it's around 4-6 hours with the proper tools and motivation.
Nice job. Big job.
How long does it take, to swap the heater core? Any idea how much time you spend on it? Need to do the same job on my car. So it's a great tutorial to me.
I need 8 hours to replace the heater
Taking your time using the proper tools and knowing where all the screws and bolts are will easily take 6-8 hours with the usual chatting and downing of a brew or two. If it's your first virgin voyage make it a weekend project and you'll be less frustrated in your performance in the end.
It will be my first one, already should of done it last year. Drove last winter without heating, luckily it wasn't that much of a winter last time, haha. Thank you
+Gosse K I am also contemplating doing this job, have you done yours yet?
I'm actually doing it next week, as I have a week of work, and the winter is coming up quick again. Ordered the parts already,so just getting ready, mentally now, haha!
Hello again ur advice was a lot of help
I have a trouble shot problem after refilling my coolant my fluid level keeps going up n down n empty there's no signs of leaks anywhere. .....
brilliant video! thank you for the great tutorial.
hi,i have problem with my seat alhambra 1.9 90 hp temperature come to 90 but when i start heater to max temperature goes down? i change termostate stil the same! what else can be? thanks
Maybe egr or additional heater ist not working or thermostat it's not sealed properly
Would be the same procedure for 2007 jetta (bora)?
No on that vehicle you don't have to remove dashboard it can be removed from driver side just remove lover plastic under the steering wheel
Very nice video, thanks! How much time need for this operation?
Around 8hours
@@mechanicigor , thanks for the answer!
@@mechanicigor, today i started change the heather on a Bora 1.9 tdi, tomorrow i will finish. Thanks again for sharing! Greatings from Romania!
@@mechanicigor , today i finish with the heater core, but....the car won`t start... This is the errors: 6 Faults Found:
01314 - Engine Control Module
49-00 - No Communications
01316 - ABS Control Module
49-00 - No Communications
01321 - Control Module for Airbags (J234)
49-00 - No Communications
01336 - Company Data Bus for Comfort System
49-00 - No Communications
01336 - Company Data Bus for Comfort System
80-10 - Single-Wire Operation - Intermittent
00778 - Steering Angle Sensor (G85)
49-00 - No Communications
What i do wrong? Thank you!
@@VM-02 probably grounding points or connectors of instrument panel
Good job. Great video 💪
Would this be the same way to replace it on a 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio?
I think yes
Hello friend, I am dismantling my IV golf to change the evaporator of the car. Your video has been very useful for me. But I have reached a point of no return and I have encountered two problems when it comes to sabar the steel bar that crosses the dashboard. Point 1. the top exit of the climate is hooked to the bar, I think it goes out to one side, but impossible without removing the bar before or up. Thing I can not finish doing for, point 2. The part of steel bar of the steering wheel, in its rear part is hooked to a plastic that passes the cables from side to side of the transmission and I can not unhook it. Would you remember how you did?
Ironia that steel bar needs to move little up and twist but check again did you remove every bolts and the part at the gear shift is removing separately of the steel bar just be careful with the windscreen
Ironia and the steering wheel must be dismantle from steel beam with 4 bolts
Thank You GOD BLESS....sounds Cold...
How much would this normally cost to have a mechanic do? I hear the heater core doesn't cost much but its a time intensive job to remove the whole dashboard to access the heater core.
Yeah that's true in my country this will cost 100 EUR
Depends where you are USA $1000, UK £700, Eastern Europe €200. The funny thing is that the new heater core was 16 euros.
The heater is around 20 euros to purchase, but the work has to be at least 100.
In the early 90's most car's heater cores were still easily accessible, heater core replacement was a simple job. By 2000 and on it's no longer easily accessible in a lot of cars. Which equals more time/more money.
Now it's easy are to replace heater core than blower fan from 2008 to 2014
I followed you instructions .. after putting it back together my car wont start. It cranks but wont start. Any advice on what it can cause this?
Think again did you connect all grounding points and check the connector of the immobiliser
Same here
@@danielcaoili6890 did you find out what happened?
@@cyrusthevrus not yet. I think I may need to clear the engine and instrument cluster error codes
@@cyrusthevrus
i was missing a fuse for the diesel pump
Benzinac 1.6 16V AZD, napravio po ovome kako ste pokazali (isto Climatronic) sve vratio i kada dam kontakt ventilacija se vrti na maksimumu a Climatronic ugašen a ne mogu ga pokranuti i osvjetljenje ima sve osim Klime :(. Šta ja prošlo po zlu, da li možete pomoći? Hvala
Mozebi nekoj konektor si zaboravil ili ne e dobro priklucen ili nekoe zazemjuvanje
Very much helped thank you
Hello from Czech Republic , Nice job Man... Is it the same or similiar to do it on Seat Ibiza 6L 2006? 1.9 PD . Thank you 👍🏼👍🏼
No that is different and I think it can be replaced without removing dashboard
the mechanic
Thank you for your answer... Do you have manual or something? I cant find anything about this work on seat Ibiza 6L and i was thinking that golf VW has the similiar work on it but now I know it is different.
@@miky9618 I don't have that kind of video if you find golf 5 or skoda octavia 2 then it's similar I'm sure I will have this video on skoda octavia 2 but maybe in few months
the mechanic
OK thank you... I will look for Octavia 2 or Golf 5 .... Do you think that I will change it without removing Dashboard? It will be Very good , thnx man you are the best! 👊🏼
@@miky9618 yeah it can be removed at steering wheel side without removing dashboard just I don't have video
how much does it cost to do this job at the mechanic?
In my country 100 euros
good video Igor
Why in the #%&@! does this have to be a major major pain in the ass for every car on the planet???
Very nice job, can you put this procedure for an audi a3 8l ALH engine, from 1999 year? Please 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍😇😇😇😁😁
its almost same procedure
Thank you very much 👍👍🍻🍻
Super
Това ми изглежда като Български клип
Da
Ох уж этот английский 🤣🤣🤣
Лучше бы ты по Украинскому языку говорил.
то по фене ботают , а на языках говорят. и судя постояшей сперети авто ..с белорусскими номерами , на укаiньской вiн не размовляе
I had to do it, too. What a waste of lifetime. From that time I hate Volkswagen and hope they go broke soon.
Nooo
arre you fucking srx all that for heater ? wth
Same problem happened to me...
A disgusting job! Yuck!