exhaust manifold heat shield and hot air feed.

[Khare]

now tis winter, my car struggles to run without hot air feed, so in it goes. but...
ive got a gti manifold to put on, and that has no heat shield to collect the hot ait. Can i use the 1.6 heatshield on the gti manifold?

[DarnPB]

If it fits, wear it.

[Khare]

If it fits, wear it.

if it fits ofcourse i'l wear it, cos if not im gonna have carb freezing problems all winter long. if it doesnt, i'l try and source a gti heat shield.
both manifolds look pretty similar though, so im guessing it does fit.

[rubjonny]

on my 1.6 i managed to shear off both the bolts that held the shield to the gti manifold (all GTIs should have the heat shield in place too)  So I used 2 large jubilee clips joined to gether and used them to hold the shield to the manifold, worked a treat!

[Khare]

on my 1.6 i managed to shear off both the bolts that held the shield to the gti manifold (all GTIs should have the heat shield in place too)  So I used 2 large jubilee clips joined to gether and used them to hold the shield to the manifold, worked a treat!

il see what i can do. but the gti manifold i bought didnt come with a heatshield.

[rubjonny]

what i meant was i used my 1.6 heatshield, there isnt any difference between the 2, just as long as it fits you're golden!

[Khare]

what i meant was i used my 1.6 heatshield, there isnt any difference between the 2, just as long as it fits you're golden!

oh right ok. cheers dude