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Offline matping

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how do i tell the difference ??
« on: 10 January 2010, 14:30 »
the difference with  between a ko3 & ko3s  ?
 there is  silver plate on the turbo is this the way of telling? ive taken a turbo off a AUM and on the silver plate it says ko3 and i thought all aum's have ko3s on them ??

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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #1 on: 10 January 2010, 14:33 »
the difference with  between a ko3 & ko3s  ?
 there is  silver plate on the turbo is this the way of telling? ive taken a turbo off a AUM and on the silver plate it says ko3 and i thought all aum's have ko3s on them ??

I think the "S" is at the end of the long part number   :undecided:


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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #2 on: 10 January 2010, 14:45 »
the part number is K03-058, K03-052 or K03-053 on the tag

Also on the compressor wheel there are 4 sets of vanes on the K03s rather than 6 on the K03



K03s at the top of the pic, K03 at the bottom
« Last Edit: 10 January 2010, 14:47 by Wazzzer »


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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #3 on: 10 January 2010, 14:58 »
excellent cheers for that info thats spot on !!!!!!!!

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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #4 on: 10 January 2010, 16:04 »
Borrowed your pic for the K03s thread Mr Wazzzer  :wink:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=93942.msg780229#msg780229

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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #5 on: 10 January 2010, 16:06 »
no worries mate, it's only a google result  :smiley:


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Re: how do i tell the difference ??
« Reply #6 on: 10 January 2010, 16:09 »
no worries mate, it's only a google result  :smiley:

Ah ok :afro:

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