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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: 1.8t.jim on 02 September 2012, 21:55
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took my TB off too clean it and dropped the allen key down the intercooler hose!! so its gone into the intercooler! :cry: i started it up and its fine, i just dont want the pressure of the turbo pick it up and send it straight in my inlet manifold and destroy the engine, anybody tell me how to get the intercooler out on my mk4 golf gti so i can get this allen key back!
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Front bumper off and drivers wheel off
Theres only a couple of bolts holding it on
I seriously cant believe you started the engine though!!! :shocked:
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i cant believe i did either i just didnt no what to do so i need remove front bumper and drivers side wheel and its easy to get out ? is there any sensors on the intercooler? i need to unplug and is the front bumper a pig to get off ?? thanks by the way
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That is the funniest post I've read today. Sorry I can't help you buddy, pmsl though. Cheers
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mate tell me about it lol i didnt no wether laugh, cry or what and the best thing is my car is at my house and my trolley jack and axels are at my mums around the next street so got push the car around there cuz they have got a big garage with all my tools in lol i darent start it up just incase the turbo pressure does pick it up and send it into my engine, im sure it wont like cuz an allen key isnt the most aerodynamic thing and the pipe up to the throttle body is nearlly vertical with a few bends in just hope i can get it out can i get the intercooler open at the top without taking the front bumper off ?
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Dude you've made my night, you're a leg! Plus which just to add comedic value to the post, I just told my missus about your troubles and her response was, " oh sh!t, it's not likely to come through the air vents and hit him in the face is it".......I couldn't be f**ked to respond. She's gone to bed now....thank f**k. :smiley:
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lmao! i feel so stupid now after doing it i should of just moved the pipe! warra D*** i feel! i just hope its not a big job get it out if i could get the top pipe off the intercooler im sure i could reach in and get it out
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At least you had the brass to admit it and ask for help. Life's a learning curve mush. :kiss:
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i just hope i can get that pipe off and reach in, i dont fancy taking bumpers off and all that crap. all this from cleaning a SIMPLE TB lol
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lol :grin: .I wouldnt leave it there. :grin: you dont need to remove wheel just bumper. Easy. Only a few bolts and pull it off .
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No wait . :laugh: remove intercooler pipe from intercooler to throttle body and get a magnic on a piece of string and fish it out. :wink:
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No wait . :laugh: remove intercooler pipe from intercooler to throttle body and get a magnic on a piece of string and fish it out. :wink:
Won't that only work with gravity on your side? Genius if it does....
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it will work . :lipsrsealed: saved me stripping my car down many times. :grin: dropped loads of bolts in engine bay.
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good place to find a magnet is off the back of a small speaker. Its like dropping your car keys down a drain .Im not pulling the drain up and climbing down there. :grin: Ill use a long piece of string and a magnet . :cool:
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or just take the silicon pipe off the throttle body and feed it down there. 2 second job and its out. :smug:
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cheers guys! ill be trying all this today lol if all else fails looks like ive got get my intercooler out :undecided: ill let you know asap if the magnet works it will save me loads of time !
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Doesnt take long at all mate.
Torx bits in wheel arch, 5 torx bits by headlights and grill.
Remove bumper,
Take pancake pipe off and intercooler hose,
2 or 3 bolts holding the intercooler on job done.
Just give the cooler a shake upside down and it should drop out.
In future dont do the boy school stuff. Any hole fill it with a towel or rag.
Iv done it before and dropped a bolt in a gearbox inspection hole! that was the worse lesson learnt ever! I wont do it again :grin:
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managed get intercooler out and got my allen key back, but my intercooler had some oil in ?? is this normal? i no the seals are leaking on my turbo but i didnt realise it was going into the intercooler ?? anybody shed any light on why its in there?
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Yeah its normal.
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thank god for that, it was only a small smear of oil it wasnt like even quarter of a cup full, just tipped it up and poured it out, it was dirty oil tho? i had it serviced 2 weeks ago ? do you reckon this could be old oil ? thanks for everyones help :)
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it's recycled oil vapour that's condensed