park on an incline, not too steep, and remember the parking brakeopen up the rad or res cap.put a catch pan under the coolant drain on the bottom of the rad. "I used an old coolant bottle with the top cutoff"drain about 3/4 of the bottle, almost 1 gallon USsimply disconnect and remove the sender without the worry of losing coolant, air has now intruded the system, so be sure to refill and bleed out the air when finished.
Quote from: NintendoKD on October 05, 2011, 10:56:14 pmpark on an incline, not too steep, and remember the parking brakeopen up the rad or res cap.put a catch pan under the coolant drain on the bottom of the rad. "I used an old coolant bottle with the top cutoff"drain about 3/4 of the bottle, almost 1 gallon USsimply disconnect and remove the sender without the worry of losing coolant, air has now intruded the system, so be sure to refill and bleed out the air when finished.VWs dont have coolant drains as standard equipment..
Old VWs dont have coolant drains as standard equipment..
yours are in plastic necks right?? way i do it and loose maybe a oz or so.. pull cap off cold engine.. to make sure no pressure.. put cap back on.. grease up o-ring on new sensor.. pull clip.. with pliers twist old sensor to break ti free and lift up.. drop old sensor and pliers.. stick new one in hole.. put clip back in.. pick up sensor/pliers.. done... yes the fan switch in rad works same way.. if quick maybe 2oz of fluid loss.. the cap holds the fluid in place/slows its leak down pretty good..
Quote from: R.O.R-2.0 on October 06, 2011, 03:32:32 pmOld VWs dont have coolant drains as standard equipment..Fixed!