Swapping Radiators

[TylerDurden28]

On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the hardest...how hard is it to swap the radiators. The radiator hose from the radiator to the engine has bends to go around the supercharger setup and one of the bends with the tighteners(the screw part) has been rubbing against the radiator and today when I got off work I started the car and saw low fluid light and I was thinking great...the piping came off again but it wasnt. I saw that there is a little hole where fluid was coming out of . I have a buddy who has an extra radiator for cheap we are going to give me. We are going to do this later tonight after he gets off work and I wanna see how late im going to be up til. If it doesnt fit then im just going to get the SLP radiator w/ 160 thermostat.

[HMFDZ28]

If it is an M6 car it is really simple, drain the coolant and its a few hoses and the upper support. If its an A4 car, make sure to have ATF since the trans does cool through it. In that case you are goin to need a set of line wrenchs. Even that is fairly easy. With the right tools I would say 6, just due to taking the extra time to let the motor bleed the air from the coolant and making sure the trans is topped off correctly.

[Apachedrill]

Not to hard at all.. on the passenger side corner there is a **************** valve, drain it before and it goes smooth.. not saying it to be funny, but recently i seen someone recently removed one for a cam swap and didnt.. If you have a A4 have a few golf tee's handy to plug the tranny lines..