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Originally Posted by Stephen Edwin
Loki.
Yes. I found it best / easier to remove grill and radiator to view timing marks. If I remember correctly David prefers a powder compact mirror.
But. What's this about auto boxes and connections not being re made leak free? I'm lost. Again ....
Removing rad is a good time to replace hoses, thermostat, coolant ....
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I think what 'loki' is referring to, Stephen, are the two ATF feed and return pipes to / from the heat exchanger, integral with the radiator, on automatic cars. As he rightly says, it is difficult to re-establish a leak-free connection on re-assembly. In my limited experience, it is also very easy to wrench those pipes too, but maybe that was just my ham-fistedness!
Regards, John.
PS I had the same thing on my last 745, when the heat-exchanger failed internally allowing cross-contamination of the coolant and ATF. That obviously meant a replacement rad and also involved considerable remedial work as well. To be avoided if possible, but if yours is a manual you do not need to worry about it!
John.