TrashtruckTDI
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The center vent in 03 wagon has been producing black foam. Its been coming out in bits and pieces for about a year. Sometimes I'm able to get big chunks with tweezers before they break up. Will this ever end?
Which plugs are these? I haven't faced this job (yetI bought a set of the plugs they sell to fill the holes.
Used some black silicone to help stick them in place and seal them up.
I personally prefer pulling the radio/center stack and going in that way. MUCH easier than pulling the dash.It isn't really a hard job. 90 minutes or so getting the dash out, 15 minutes cleaning up the left over foam, 30 minutes gluing the plugs into the doors, 2 hours putting the dash back in, maybe a few hours repairing broken plastic. Plenty of youtube videos showing the procedures, I like HumbleMechanic's.
Yuppers! That is how I did it the 2nd time. (2 different cars)Can you repair the blend doors thru the radio opening?
Don't bet on it - most of my foam's gone now after about 2 years, and with the cold snap in NJ right now I was getting very little heat. Had to switch on the recirc function to get warmer air out of the vents.Mine seems to have blown all the grey foam out. Still heats fine. I feel lucky, big job to fix it right.
I wouldn't pull the HVAC box unless I needed to change the heater core... I assume there's no way around that like there was on the MK3.This is true…..but if and I mean if pulling the HVAC box you should change the heater core……it’s only a matter of time , it’s not if it would leak but when.
I had some Gorilla Tape holding together some dryer ducting, and after a decade, it'd all pretty much turned to dust. Yes - it's good and sticky, but the glue seems to eventually degrade, along with the "fabric". I'd stick with the 6mil or so aluminum tape - sticks, and if it did de-stick at some point, you'd still have big metal sheets wrapped around those doors, not bits of Gorilla glue and fabric flying at you.I was thinking Gorilla Tape, whenever I have to do it, as its thicker than the foil tape and pretty robust.