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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 21:02

Title: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 21:02
I have just put a K&N air filter on my Mk4 1.8T Golf. I have taken the module out and connected it back to the 2 cables. Do i have to wrap the module up or anything? Also what is this actually for?
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 09 February 2012, 21:04
nope, just secure it onto either you cai intake pipe or put the screw from the ignition amp into the old slot were your air box went. just needs to be kept cool.

Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 21:10
So basically as long as it stays cool there's no problem? I read somewhere else that its basically reads how much air is going in and how much fuel to send into the engine.
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 09 February 2012, 21:32
as far as i know yes

sure someone will confirm in a min


and i think it does have something to do with the valves/petrol going in, but not sure tbh
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: james2 on 09 February 2012, 21:52
its for the sparks for your plugs.  :grin: put anywhere were it wont move about. Leave the heat sink on it.
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: james2 on 09 February 2012, 22:00
You could put some new heat paste behind the heat sink. Lot of people kill them by removing it from the airbox. It took 2 years, then mine went. Theres jake sh!t behind it (heat paste) .Also k&n induction kit  sounds and looks good ,but looses power. Heat soak. :nerd:
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 22:14
Alright so just put my heat paste behind it? Why does it lose power? What filter helps the car to gain power?
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: james2 on 09 February 2012, 22:25
anyone that dont suck in hot air off the engine (cai or good panel filter with a cold air feed). Heres mine:

 (http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa479/james2452/HPIM0517.jpg)
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 22:34
O ok. Might have to do something like that on mine. Its my first Golf. Had a 1.4 Polo before this. Can i put a cai on mine with the K&N or will i need a new filter. Sorry for all the questions ha.
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: jamie1989 on 09 February 2012, 22:36
anyone that dont suck in hot air off the engine (cai or good panel filter with a cold air feed). Heres mine:

 (http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa479/james2452/HPIM0517.jpg)


+ same as me mate without any problems for nearly 2 years now  :smiley:
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: james2 on 09 February 2012, 22:42
O ok. Might have to do something like that on mine. Its my first Golf. Had a 1.4 Polo before this. Can i put a cai on mine with the K&N or will i need a new filter. Sorry for all the questions ha.
get a cai off ebay £30 and chop it down ,like i done .You have to get a new filter. I got a new second hand one for £25 off ebay. God i love the sound it used to make and better power then having it in the wheel arch.  :smiley: You can run a cai with your k&n on the end, but watch deep pudles and it lags a bit , i swear the uprated panel filter felt better.  :undecided:
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: DMcK on 09 February 2012, 23:00
 get a cai off ebay £30 and chop it down ,like i done .You have to get a new filter. I got a new second hand one for £25 off ebay. God i love the sound it used to make and better power then having it in the wheel arch.  :smiley: You can run a cai with your k&n on the end, but watch deep pudles and it lags a bit , i swear the uprated panel filter felt better.  :undecided:
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Might invest in a new filter then mate and do what you done. why is it better to have it where you got it and not in the wheel arch? Would it not get more cold air from wheel arch? Or it not work like that?
Title: Re: Air box sensor/ignition amp module
Post by: james2 on 10 February 2012, 13:16
It might have been because the engine had to suck through a long pipe or the cheap airfilter that came with it. I wanted to copy the pipercross vis kit .