Volkswagen Passat Heater Core Replacement - THE FAST WAY

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Today we take on one of the most hated jobs on these 1998-2005 B5 or B5.5 Passats, the heater core replacement! Mine was clogged, but yours may be leaky, causing steam or fog on the windshield and coolant loss to the floorboard. The cool thing, is there is a shortcut to this job. If you do it the way the service manual tells you to do it, book time is around ten hours. The way I do it in this video, you should be able to get it knocked out in about four hours! You can do this job alone, but it helps to have another person when shifting the dashboard in and out of position.

One thing I want to reinforce is the shifter area needs to be protected from scratches and other damage. If you have a nice shift knob, I would remove it. I got so wrapped up in filming, that I forgot this step and took a chunk out of my otherwise flawless wood shift knob... BOOOO.

Anyway, if you have any questions, please ask in the comments. This isn't the easiest job to film, but I did what I could with it.

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