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Update to my 2015 VW passat TDI SE. We were getting anti freeze leaking from my frankenstein re-circ of the coolant hose bypassing the heater core, so cut the flared ends off my pipes, put a new heater core in and connected with heater hose, think it was 3/4" for the connections. So far so...

Yesterday went to the new Buc-ee's in Springfield, MO. Drove through the pumps to see the price of diesel and found another TDI Passat with their family around it. We exchanged glances and smiles recognizing our sister cars. I pulled up by the door to go in and picked up a few things. As I...

Latest update: I went ahead and did the flush this weekend, vacuuming it out of the expansion tank. Rigged up my shop vac attachment that went to the bottom of the tank, and used a cup with duct tape in the bottom to form a tight seal on the wand. 1st flush with distilled water. Drove it up...

So far so good. I found some 90 degree barbs, and thought about changing out the loop of the hose to square corners that would fit more tightly, but haven't yet. Wife drives the car M-F about 70 miles a day and so far it's holding together. Did add a little distilled water to the tank over...

Well, so here's my hack. This will give me time to look up whether I can replace the water pipes ( 561-819-857 ) without having to drop the engine. Also let's me have time to flush, flush, and flush. I basically just did a core bypass, looping it back to the outlet pipe.

Oh snap! I found it: Oh, man, that is ugly...Hummmm

Hi Andy, That is absolutely the one I'm referring to. My plan today was to use my cut ends from the old heater core, connect 5/8" hose as it fits nicely, clamp, and then cut my ends off the new core to put the other end of the hose on, but I can't get one of my ends back in the aluminum...

I'm facing the same thing. Dealer has put 2 heater cores in, and I'm on my first one doing it myself. Dealer warranted the $35 core last time and charged me $750 in labor. Should have drove it up their arse then. Anyhoo, my heater pipe is no longer round and having a hard time getting the...

Thanks for the pics pedroYUL! Looks like it's somewhat large. Not quite sure how it would somehow fall off and out of my engine compartment like my collision guy tried to tell me. Sounds like I'm being played doesn't it? BTW, I see the snow in the pics. We had snow the past 2 days here...

Thanks for the reply Andy! By chance do you know if it's common for it to come off? Thanks

Hi, Hit Bambi back in December. Ugh. Had VW collision place fix my car. Took them a month. Was a fairly small area of damage, passenger front corner. Got the car back, drove for a week before we realized that they didn't fix the window washer. Collision place kept another 2-3 days and...

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Hi, Went on a 1100 mile trip in ours, and am now experiencing this issue. Original hose blew going, replacement hose blew ~ 200 miles later, and third hose went out after I hauled it back and we drove it around the area for a couple of weeks. Sounds like the first step is to flush the...