Comment. The work is laborious. On a car with air conditioning, work is complicated by the presence of a condenser installed in front of the radiator. When removing the radiator, there is a high probability of depressurization of the air conditioning system. Therefore, this work is recommended to be carried out at a specialized service station.
Removing
1. Drain the coolant (see «Coolant - replacement»). After draining the liquid, the hose is not connected to the radiator.
2. Remove the front bumper (see «Front bumper - removal and installation»).
3. Remove the reinforcement beam of the front bumper...
... for which we unscrew eight mounting bolts with a 10 mm key.
4. Remove the temperature sensor from the radiator diffuser.
5. Disconnect the wire blocks from the electric fan and the electric fan control unit (see above, «Electric fan of the cooling system - removal, inspection and replacement»).
6. Loosen the clamp with pliers, slide it along the hose and disconnect the upper radiator hose.
7. Similarly, disconnect the steam outlet hose of the radiator.
8. Disconnect the air intake pipe from the radiator diffuser.
9. On a car without air conditioning, unscrew the clamps on the right and left sides of the radiator...
... and remove the radiator assembly with the electric fan.
On a car with air conditioning, remove the radiator diffuser guides, move the left side of the condenser forward and carefully remove the radiator.
10. Remove the electric fan from the radiator (see «Electric fan of the cooling system - removal, inspection and replacement»).
Installation
Recommendation. If the radiator has been in operation, before installation, clean it from the outside of dirt. Wash its interior with a cooling system cleaner (see «Operational and repair materials»), and outside - a jet of water.
1. When replacing a radiator, we rearrange rubber supports and a drain plug with a gasket on a new radiator (if they are missing on the new radiator).
2. Install the radiator in place in the reverse order of removal.
3. Install the electric fan and connect the wiring harness pads.
4. Fill the engine cooling system with liquid (see «Coolant - replacement»).
5. We make sure that there is no leakage of coolant at the joints. If necessary, replace the hose clamps with screw ones. Replace damaged hoses.