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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #10 on: 22 March 2010, 19:13 »
that should be okay - give the workshop a call tomorrow and someone can check the diary for you

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #11 on: 22 March 2010, 19:21 »
does anyone have a guide or how to on cleaning and the inlet maifold i have found one but has no pics

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #12 on: 22 March 2010, 19:25 »
maybe have a word with the dervmeister 'rhyso'  :wink:
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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #13 on: 22 March 2010, 19:32 »
have pm'ed him cheers anyone done it and got some tips for me?

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses now intercooler and hoses
« Reply #14 on: 23 March 2010, 19:23 »
done it was not to bad to do was a bit gunked up but no to bad its still slightly black inside but nothing lose think its just a little stained.

now i need help with 2 things 1st is there is a ball like thing bolted to the pipe running from the egr to the intercooler about half way along in the middle what is it and what should i do with it as when i change my pipes it will no longer bolt to anything any suggestions?

2nd anyone know how to remove the 150pd front mount intercooler? need to clean out tomorrow i know to remove bumper but is it so difficult to remove intercooler or can i leave it attached and still clean it some how??

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses now intercooler and hoses
« Reply #15 on: 23 March 2010, 19:34 »
done it was not to bad to do was a bit gunked up but no to bad its still slightly black inside but nothing lose think its just a little stained.

now i need help with 2 things 1st is there is a ball like thing bolted to the pipe running from the egr to the intercooler about half way along in the middle what is it and what should i do with it as when i change my pipes it will no longer bolt to anything any suggestions?

2nd anyone know how to remove the 150pd front mount intercooler? need to clean out tomorrow i know to remove bumper but is it so difficult to remove intercooler or can i leave it attached and still clean it some how??
looks like another pm to mr rhys then  :grin: iirc rhys had his i/c off when he had his problem with it afaik its roughly the same procedure as the 1.8T's
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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #16 on: 23 March 2010, 19:35 »
Need to remove the aircon radiator which involves draining the system

Only way to do it on the car is to flush it with a hose but I wouldn't advise that

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #17 on: 23 March 2010, 19:38 »
is it worth cleaning or not guys ?

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #18 on: 23 March 2010, 19:39 »
is it worth cleaning or not guys ?

completely as it will be full of oily vapour - its just a pain to do on the 150 as its illegal for you to drain the aircon system - you need to have it done by someone who is licensed

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Re: inlet manifold and hoses
« Reply #19 on: 23 March 2010, 19:47 »
i have cleaned intake manifold and going to put brand new sfs hoses from egr to intercooler and didnt want they to gey gunked up again going to use oil catch can as well so that should help so with all that done should i leave the intercooler alone and wait for some one qualified to do it like vw themselves or not? just dont want to do all this hard work for the intercooler to be the down fall