Quote Originally Posted by mcs_xi View Post
The heater core seals are a perfectly fine design. these seals fail once in the car's lifetime, and usually it is 10-15yrs after manufacture. Often people tell me it's a shit design and I reckon people need to manage their expectations.

It is not that big of a job to change. Do it yourself. Do not be frightened. Cars are assembled while moving slowly on a line - in seconds. Everything unbolts or unclips.

Get a set of the seals and the plastic spigots as these will certainly break when being removed.

Mike
What I mean is the design is not as good as the second gen which didn't have the plastic pipes, was copper I think