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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: daniel-1986 on 19 January 2009, 11:28

Title: 1.3 warm air valve
Post by: daniel-1986 on 19 January 2009, 11:28

how would i go about wedging the warm air valve in the 1.3 air intake.my car starts spluttering after being in the motorway for while when i wasnt using the warm air pipe and now i have have though i dont have the manifold shield i wedged the pipe in like this

(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x18/daniel-1986/DSC00004-1.jpg)

but seems that the valve aint opening and it seems to controlled buy a little vacuum pipe from the airbox

(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x18/daniel-1986/DSC00388-1-1.jpg)

Title: Re: 1.3 warm air valve
Post by: rubjonny on 19 January 2009, 15:32

you need to fit that shield, nothing I did would stop this from happening on my 1.6 till i put the shield on!  A couple big jubilee clips round the shield & mainifold will hold it on if all the bolts are knackered.
ids that pic of your actual airbox? if so thats never going to work as it needs to be a sealed unit to draw nothing but warm air.  There should be a vac nipple on the carb somewhere which runs to the air temp sensor on the bottom of the airbox, then there is another pipe to the nipple in your picture.