GolfGTIforum.co.uk

General => The garage => Topic started by: sharki786 on 27 January 2009, 15:57

Title: how to remove a rocker cover
Post by: sharki786 on 27 January 2009, 15:57

hi i have a mk3 gti 8v agg engine need to change the rocker cover seal as its leakiin, my question is how do i take that saucer thing of from the top? iv removed the box but then im confused  :huh:

will b nice if sum1 helped me out

thanks

Title: Re: how to remove a rocker cover
Post by: boneybradley on 27 January 2009, 16:06

unclip the pipes and take it off as 1 (then you can also clean the insides out while its off  :wink:)... (if you really want to remove the box there is 2 screws and then it should pull out..but be gentle as they can get brittle!)

Title: Re: how to remove a rocker cover
Post by: Josho on 27 January 2009, 16:43

How do you clean the inside? Carb cleaner?

Title: Re: how to remove a rocker cover
Post by: boneybradley on 27 January 2009, 16:50

I use petrol (works better than most things I've tried!).. It can be good to clean all the other breather pipes too at some point as the crap that can build up!! and it will help you notice any split/soft pipes sooner than when the car starts stalling! (it will/should aid performance and economy :cool:)

Title: Re: how to remove a rocker cover
Post by: sharki786 on 27 January 2009, 21:26

wa other pipes r ther?
all i knw is that thers a breather pipe at the front of the engine, but wa bout wer the pipe leads to how do u clean that out that?  :grin: neway i no its called breather pipe but how does it acutalu breath?? hehe