I cant see how you can swap the condenser without removing the front on a later 322 TDV8 4.4. Having stripped mine out its not actually a horrendous job, just lots of nuts and bolts and it makes the job easy. You maybfins, as I did, that your intercooler is rotten too! Good luck!

remove bumper, remove headlamps, remove fuel cooler (watch for tubes it bends easily) then few bolts, two was quite hard to reach,disconnect tubes and moves easy to the front. about 2-3 hours job

Update...

Once the small fuel cooler radiator is removed (easy) the condenser slides out vertically. The rest of the radiator stack had to be pushed towards the engine by a few mm to allow this but there is no need to remove the cowl or fan.
It remains to be seen if fitting the replacement works out ok as the one I ordered is damaged so I am now awaiting another to be delivered.

What format to photos need to be in to upload? I have tried in HEIC format off my iPhone but I get an "Error retrieving album data" Reducing the file size to 199kB still doesn't work. I am using Safari.

Uploading photos straight from my iPhone seems to work.

Last edited by MicF on 5th Sep 2024 10:05am. Edited 1 time in total

Condenser removed on a 2012 4.4 TDV8 after removing grille, slam panel, radiator faring, fuel cooler radiator, air box and header tank

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