guide to changing rad on vtr

16th June 2009, 08:58

yes i did seach by btw and didnt find anything,

right basically ive bought a new rad for my vtr as the one on it is shot to pieces,

i need to know how to change it successfully, what to watch for and not to get air locks, how to drain system all that jazz,

also the clips that are holding the hoses on the rad are pretty corroded so could i use jubilee clips instead

thanks in advance for any advice given

16th June 2009, 09:45

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Originally Posted by badasssaxo

yes i did seach by btw and didnt find anything,

right basically ive bought a new rad for my vtr as the one on it is shot to pieces,

i need to know how to change it successfully, what to watch for and not to get air locks, how to drain system all that jazz,

also the clips that are holding the hoses on the rad are pretty corroded so could i use jubilee clips instead

thanks in advance for any advice given

basically all you do is take the hoses off the old rad.
let the coolant drain..
fit new rad.
poor new liquid in it may look fall but when you let the car run the coolant will flow around the car,
keep adding coolant and letting the car run.
when there is enough coolant in there is a little bleed valve on the right had side of the ride which will twist and open up allowing the air locks to come out. make sure the rad cap is on lol
start the car with the heatign on hot, open the valve and you will hear ait coming out of it,, when the coolant starts to come out then all the air lock are gone and the heating should be HOT

16th June 2009, 09:58

cheers tom