Aux Radiator Delete, Engine still in... Need Info.

[s8prtotype]

Thats what i did, working perfectly.

[fukinavit]

Thats what i did, working perfectly.

Ok, I just wasnt sure as the picture you posted still had the valve in the original direction, so did you change it?

[s8prtotype]

Are you going by the arrow on the hose itself? The valve is set so nothing is flowing into the silver pipe at all.

[fukinavit]

Are you going by the arrow on the hose itself? The valve is set so nothing is flowing into the silver pipe at all.

no, on the valve itself. the arrow on the hose is just the direction of coolant flow.
In the original picture you posted, the valve is in the original factory direction, just wondered if you changed it since then.

[s8prtotype]

Haven't changed anything, silver pipe flows into the black, didn't want it the other way around. Car has zero issues.

I can log via vagcom if you guys want to see if there are any changes.

[fukinavit]

Haven't changed anything, silver pipe flows into the black, didn't want it the other way around. Car has zero issues.

I can log via vagcom if you guys want to see if there are any changes.

ok, just wanted to clear that up, Bigglesworth has it the other way around.

[Bigglezworth]

i think I"m confusing people with the photo. The description I provided down a couple of further posts sums up what I have working. Effectively the water can move out of the silver pipe on the frame rail and in to the black pipe leading to the T-stat. You do not want it flowing the other way. I've driven it that way f0r 2.5 years with not even a smimdgen past halfway on the temp guage.

[lswing]

Mine were pulled 3 years ago, no issues since, needle always center. Last chat with the mechanic was to loop or connect the lines so it flowed as before just bypassing the removed radiators, fwiw. Not sure exactly how it went down.

[fukinavit]

i think I"m confusing people with the photo. The description I provided down a couple of further posts sums up what I have working. Effectively the water can move out of the silver pipe on the frame rail and in to the black pipe leading to the T-stat. You do not want it flowing the other way. I've driven it that way f0r 2.5 years with not even a smimdgen past halfway on the temp guage.

nope, its all good. The picture did confuse me for sure. but you guys have done it and there are no issues then its good enough for me.
Just to summarise tho, doing it this way just allows coolant from the heads to be able to tee off from the heater matrix and go to the thermostat in a loop without cooling, only small flow so not a big deal.
if it was reversed then effectively you are capping those lines as the valve blocks the flow when running, this would be a true aux rad delete.