Originally Posted by
littleteapot
I did one on a vectra in the summer. It was relatively straighforward and took me about 5 hours work. Be aware that you do have to drain some of the coolant, discharge the aircon system (my one was already empty due to damaged condenser, and still is!) and disconnect any pipes that are in the way.
I got a supposedly new blower off ebay for £350, gaskets cost another £60 or so.
Can't remember any particular difficulties other than the stupid EGR cooler pipe that connects to the exhaust manifold. But it is concertina type so can carefully be bent out of the way slightly by a helper whilst removing/inserting the manifold/blower assembly. The proper way would be to remove the entire EGR cooler but its quite a faff.
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