Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing

• ‒ Remove front bumper

=> General body repairs; Repair group 63; Front bumper; Removing and installing front bumper

• ‒ → Drain coolant .

• ‒ → Disengage retaining clips on connecting flanges -arrow- and pull coolant hoses off radiator.
• ‒ Unplug connector from thermoswitch on radiator (bottom left).

• ‒ → Unbolt pressurising fan and detach cooling pipes for power steering hydraulic fluid
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Vehicles with air conditioner

Note:

To prevent damage to the condenser and refrigerant pipes/hoses, ensure that the pipes and hoses are not stretched, kinked or bent.

• ‒ → Detach air cowls from radiator -4- (left and right).
• ‒ Remove securing bolts -1- and -2- for condenser.
• ‒ Unplug connector -3- from air conditioner pressure switch -F129.
• ‒ Lift condenser up out of its bracket, turn it towards the side and secure to right-hand front wheel with wire.

• ‒ → Release two retaining pins for radiator and pull out upwards -arrows-.
• ‒ Pivot radiator towards the front and lift out.

Installing

Install in the opposite order to removing. When installing, note the following points:

• ‒ Fill up with coolant=> Page 19-19.

Tightening torques