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I had the same thing everything was getting hot that I could reach and also had a flush. But none of it sorted the rear heating or it actually getting to "High" temp. After changing the core everything is working

Yeah exactly that, the only extra thing I did was disconnect the battery because of unplugging the air bags from the glove box ( probably just me being over cautious) and also I did clamp the inlet pipes coming in the bulk head from the engine side. Just to hold any visual fluid... again right or wrong I've no idea!!! Other than that just a lot of screws!

Yeah I could not find one anywhere in the UK, I tried GSF, Eurocarparts and CEF and no one stocks them 🤷‍♂️. Autodoc is abit hit and miss, I've had stuff turn up in 2 days before. But being this time of year I think it took about 5 days.

Yeah that's the exact same scenario I had from the 1st 2 garage mate. I've posted a screenshot further up the chat of the Heatercore I bought on Autodoc.com.

It didn't come with new seals and fittings so you'd need to buy new. I shamefully used the old ones because I didn't realise it didn't come with them. The foam comes with the radiator you just need to stick it on your self, I just copied the old one like for like. So I'd already had 2 flushes on the system before this to see if it would solve the issues. Obviously it didn't, however the coolant I got out of the pipes at the core was clean! So I'm not worried of any deposits left in. Hope this helps

Hey, No I did everything from the passenger side. Unless they're planning on changing the whole Matrix?? The core replacement it's self, I wanted OEM ( They use Mahle) but no where had any in stock so I used these from Autodoc. ( see attached pick). As for your warranty they should definitely be covering it them selves!!! If you have finance go through them! It's much easier trust me.

RESULT!!! So I finally got round to swapping out the heater core and it's done the job! It took me a total of 2 hrs and I'm not a mechanic! Every garage I took it too either didn't want to do it or said it would be £1500 and 2 days to do it. I'd say give it ago your self, it's fairly straightforward. There's 2 things I'd change if I had to do it again... number 1 don't get drunk the night before 🤢 spent way to much time upside down for that! And 2. Get a flexi drill bit to get in the small spaces.. there's so many screws!!! I'd recommend whilst your there changing your pollen filter.. mine was disgusting! Also disconnect the battery first, for when your unplugging the air bags. Other than that the only additional thing I had to take off was the blower motor on the back of the pollen filter, this gives enough room to slide the core out, in turn of this undo the 2 bolts on the media unit and slide it forward an inch. It just helps with the room

Hey, Not much help but how did this go in the end? I'm having heating issues at the moment ( barely any warm air even when on "HI" and the rest only blows cold) did you have the same issues and did the heater core replacement solve the issue? Or was you getting no hot air at all? Thanks