Thanks for your article on how to replace the intercooler. I have just replaced mine with one from coolpartsuk on ebay for £102 inc postage, arrived next day.
When I was putting back the radiator 'sandwich' I had trouble realigning it and could not get the 2 long bolts that go up vertically from below to locate easily.
The reason was because there are 2 'finger' bolts that have to locate into the holes in 2 rubber blocks which are on the top of the radiator.
If you look on the 4th photo of the air intake snorkel you can see one of the locating finger bolts (10mm) to the right of the right hand snorkel retaining bolt. The other is in the same place on the left hand side of the car.
I would suggest removing these at the same time as the snorkel bolts as it also allows more movement for the radiator when disassembling.
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