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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Wazzzer on 23 August 2009, 21:07
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so far it's taken me 2 days (ok I haven't really put that much effort in on those 2 days) but it's turning into a right royal pain in the arse...
I ended up pulling the turbo out of where the TIP was as there is absolutely bugger all space back there. So far I've got the K03s back in there with all the services connected and the mainfold back on. Just the manifold nuts (joy), turbo bolts, downpipe nuts, the 'hidden' bolt (turbo stabiliser) then all the pipework. Should have it all finished 2moro night provided it isn't raining.
At the end of yesterday I really would have paid someone whatever they wanted to finish for me :laugh:
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It will all be worth it in the end, just keep saying that to you self. :smiley:
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yeah I know that's all that's kept me going over the last few days. I had a few manifold nuts that didn't want to budge that nearly made me abandon ship, I needed a mahoosive bar on one of the nuts to get it started lol
shame to take the old turbo off as it's perfect having only done 57k but needs must :wink:
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wazzer what you doing with old Turbo??
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is there a guide for this somewhere? for future reference
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Fair play mate i woudlnt even know where to start with tryign to swap out a turbo you got any pics of the progress? I still remember the drama i had trying to fit the DSG intake pipe lol :grin:
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it took me 1 full day 6am till 9PM was a b!tch of a job! Your be so happy once your done!
One of my oil lines leaked, had to take it all of again was a pain in the back side!
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i think the oil feed on the turbo is leaking now :sad:
Not too bad though, will just have to see how it goes, might have to pull the manifold off again to fix it but at least I won't have to pull the turbo out!
J6BXR K03 is up for sale, £100 ono + postage
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I hope it's not that bad when i do mine,we fitted a rayvern air ride kit in a day,so a turbo should be a piece of piss.............
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I could have done with an extra set of hands for this but I was on my own for the full duration and in the open air
The missus made sure to come out and check I was still alive though.
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did you use new banjo bolts?
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no not new bolts but I used new sealing washers. On closer inspection it might not be as bad as I thought, there was an initial bit of smoke but it seems to have died down now. So i'm thinking it might have been my oily hands handling the turbo/manifold and it's soaked into the cast iron which is now burning off under heat.
On the plus side the boost feels a lot better even on the standard map!
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good work there wazzzer :afro: finally done it then :wink:
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It is a nightmare of a job, I agree. We had the use of a 4 poster, but even then it was awkward as fook. It's quite a lot to strip out just to get at some of the bolts which many people don't realise!
Glad it's sorted now mate, wait until it's mapped :shocked: definatly a good day :afro:
Sam