Heater core replacement.

jasonTDI · Jun 8, 2011

Well.....my shop help has become very good at doing them seeing as he's done 3 in the last month. If anyone needs one done and can leave the car for a couple days we can do them for you.

The price will be lower than normal since he's got it down. Call me for the details.

Abacus · Jun 9, 2011

Those are a pain, I would gladly sub it out to someone else rather than having to done one again.

TT71 · Jun 9, 2011

Jason does that include the cleaning up of the 3 cans of stop leak.

jasonTDI · Jun 10, 2011

Yep. That was a bastard. 5 bottles of radiator cleaner and R.O. water run then sitting for a few days seems to have got it out. We'll see. Then the new heater core will be put in the loop.

BKmetz · Jun 10, 2011

Which TDI, B4/B5.5, A3/A4, etc?

jasonTDI · Jun 11, 2011

He can do A4, A3 Probably able to do B4 as well. I won't challenge him to a B5-B5.5 yet.

takiman · Jun 18, 2011

jasonTDI said:
Yep. That was a bastard. 5 bottles of radiator cleaner and R.O. water run then sitting for a few days seems to have got it out. We'll see. Then the new heater core will be put in the loop.

I'm glad that worked out for you! That was a stupid idea in the first place....

Happy summer, Jason!

See at the crud run in October hopefully.

jasonTDI · Sep 19, 2011

.ttt.

scurvy · Sep 20, 2011

Autumn is in the air! Were I to need to get this done, I'd gladly have Jason's shop do it. The heater core is BURIED about as far inside the dash as possible.

jasonTDI · Sep 20, 2011

Yep, about 12-14 hours if you boogie....

He's doing them for $400.....DEAL.

Hi Ted.

Keebler145 · Sep 28, 2011

what on earth is causing the heater cores to fail? I had my dash out of my car in a little under 4 hours... Never really went any further though. Not sure I would bother fixing the heater core I would just disconnect the line and install the electric heater for the car

gforce1108 · Sep 28, 2011

jasonTDI said:
Yep. That was a bastard. 5 bottles of radiator cleaner and R.O. water run then sitting for a few days seems to have got it out. We'll see. Then the new heater core will be put in the loop.

How about when the antifreeze looks like this:

I knew it needed a head gasket (2.0 golf) - didn't know it needed a heater core. Major pain (gave up and replaced radiator instead).... I'd do two head gaskets over a heater core any day. They are all yours!

Abacus · Sep 28, 2011

Oh my word!!!

But $400 is a great deal.

GTSLOW · Sep 28, 2011

Hey Jason my TDI just sprung a leak on the IP. Hoping to get it fixed before getting stationed in NC. Any chance you have a good recommendation on what to do? Rebuild, replacement, ????

I'd also timing belt, tensioner, and anything else in that area replaced.

VeeDubTDI · Sep 28, 2011

Heater core... what a pain in the ass that is.

I'm glad someone is eager to do these jobs, and at a good price, too!

Whitbread · Sep 28, 2011

VeeDubTDI said:
Heater core... what a pain in the ass that is.

I'm glad someone is eager to do these jobs, and at a good price, too!

Ditto. My best is 12 hours doing one and never again unless it's my own car or for a large chunk more than $400. My patience level isn't high enough to do them on a regular basis haha.

eats1963 · Sep 29, 2011

I don't need a heater core, but my recirculating door/motor broke in the closed position. I had to break the door off to get fresh air in the car. What would that cost to replace?

VeeDubTDI · Sep 29, 2011

Food for thought for anyone who has the telltale foam blowing from the vents... go ahead and replace the heater core while you're in there fixing the air mixing box. And if you have a blown heater core, you may as well do that mixing box, too... if one fails, the other isn't far behind (ask how I know!).

jasonTDI · Sep 29, 2011

wow.......just wow......

Crap job but he likes doing them. It's his thing. Long conveluted jobs he can do after hours.......whatever.

gforce1108 said:
How about when the antifreeze looks like this:

I knew it needed a head gasket (2.0 golf) - didn't know it needed a heater core. Major pain (gave up and replaced radiator instead).... I'd do two head gaskets over a heater core any day. They are all yours!

jasonTDI · Sep 29, 2011

Got a parts car coming in tomorrow. I can do it. Call me.

GTSLOW said:
Hey Jason my TDI just sprung a leak on the IP. Hoping to get it fixed before getting stationed in NC. Any chance you have a good recommendation on what to do? Rebuild, replacement, ????

I'd also timing belt, tensioner, and anything else in that area replaced.

jasonTDI · Sep 29, 2011

Whitbread said:
Ditto. My best is 12 hours doing one and never again unless it's my own car or for a large chunk more than $400. My patience level isn't high enough to do them on a regular basis haha.

There is a reason he gets all the money on that one. I won't do them either.

jasonTDI · Sep 29, 2011

eats1963 said:
I don't need a heater core, but my recirculating door/motor broke in the closed position. I had to break the door off to get fresh air in the car. What would that cost to replace?

Same as heater core plus parts and all of them need an AC r&r as well. About $80 for that.

jasonTDI · Sep 29, 2011

Yep.

Blower motor and the resistor pack too.

If you need the wiper transmission it's a good time as well since you have to remove it to get bolts out on the firewall side.

VeeDubTDI said:
Food for thought for anyone who has the telltale foam blowing from the vents... go ahead and replace the heater core while you're in there fixing the air mixing box. And if you have a blown heater core, you may as well do that mixing box, too... if one fails, the other isn't far behind (ask how I know!).

scurvy · Sep 30, 2011

eats1963 said:
I don't need a heater core, but my recirculating door/motor broke in the closed position. I had to break the door off to get fresh air in the car.

You couldn't open a window?

eats1963 · Sep 30, 2011

scurvy said:
You couldn't open a window?

Not when it was raining, and my windows were fogging up

GTSLOW · Oct 1, 2011

jasonTDI said:
Got a parts car coming in tomorrow. I can do it. Call me.

Will do bringing the car up from milwaukee this weekend. It still runs and drives just fine. No hard starts or anything just has a very slight fuel leak that drips a few a everynight.

RockvaleTN-TDI · Oct 2, 2011

Is there a post on here that talks about B5.5 no heat ? I can't find one yet. My issue is 99.9% of the air blowing is barely warmer than outside. No leaks, no coolant smells, fixed the air pockets, no gurgurling, new thermostat, 86K miles. Water pump slipping? Heater Core plugged/ gummed up?

jasonTDI · Oct 3, 2011

It's likely the blendor motor or the cable that moves the flap back and forth to divert the air across the heater core. You'll have nto start at the dash controls and work your way in.....Sorry.

Jo1175 · Oct 29, 2011

How much do they get for a heater core on a 98 Jetta ? I just did mine took 12hrs....

VeeDubTDI · Oct 30, 2011

Jo1175 said:
How much do they get for a heater core on a 98 Jetta ? I just did mine took 12hrs....

jasonTDI said:
Yep, about 12-14 hours if you boogie....
He's doing them for $400.....DEAL.

Looks like about $400.

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