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No aware of a guide, but 4 pot should be easier than V6 due to less intake stuff to remove.

Its a case of draining, and just working your way through.  If its an auto, you will need to undo the auto cooler connections, and some cars have the A/C condenser pipers stupidly going over the top of the rad, meaning they have to be disconnected as well.

From memory, its:
3 coolant pipes
2 electrical connectors
2 autobox cooler pipes (if auto)
1 pair of A/C lines if they go over top of rad - if they go to side, you can leave undisturbed

The rad is held in with a large clip each side at the top. you may have to remove the condensor screws at top to allow sufficient movement.

Is there a step by step guide to replace the radiator on a 2002 2.2 petrol? I've been putting it off for a while now but really need to get it done soon. Is there anything I need to watch out for?
Thanks.

Front brakes reassembled and gave it a bath. Scrubbed up nicely.

Managed not to make too much mess but a litre of brake fluid was barely enough.

Booked in for a brake fluid change on Thursday just to make sure the air is all out of it and to change the fluid on the rears.

Still waiting on Don't Handle Logistics to deliver the tyres so I can get them fitted and then start thinking about getting the MoT done.

 

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The RFID type you need are MiFare Classic 1k.  In UK, I was struggling to get them for less than around 40p each in quantities less than 50.  Someone on Ebay doing 100 for about £22 delivered.  I've got a load coming from aliexpress, something like £9 for 80 - I can let you know the item number when they arrive and I've tested.

I ordered some off eGay and they work, but aren't cheap enough for me to want to use them as disposable.

I haven't yet found a way of doing multi colour printing of on my own designs out of tinkerCad. Well, I can print in two parts and glue them together obviously, but this seems like a faff compared to just getting the printer to do it. Do you know if there is a way of doing this? Whenever I do a multicolour model in tinkerCad, the stl just comes out as a single piece in a single colour. 

My dad has a 250L diesel one he inherited from a builder who didn't want to come back and fix some snagging, so left all his tools instead  .

I'm not sure how old that one is, but it was made in West Germany, which is definitely an indication. In its 15yrs with us its wanted only for a new set of phosphor bronze bushes. I fully expect to be inheriting that when he passes, and I will warn the lad to expect it when my time comes 

3500 miles a year, you'd be part ex'ing it just because you want to. As you say I'm sure you'd get more than a decade out of it before it started to give you any trouble, probably moreif you got some lanoguard or similar on the non-shiny bits 

I've booked the iX to the local BMW stealer to have some niggles addressed. 3rd March, I wonder what colour the pov spec 1-series they give me as a courtesy car will be... 

Washed SWMBOs Toyota , first time since about Sep/Oct come up a treat, can't make up our minds whether to PX it against a newer one it will be 4 years old in July we paid £22,000 for it PX offer is £17,250 it's only on 14,000 miles so would last us for years yet .

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