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Offline Snoopy

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curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« on: 26 June 2012, 20:52 »
Curious, how easy is a turbo to change on the mk6 GTI.
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Re: curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« Reply #1 on: 26 June 2012, 20:57 »
sounds ominous....

has the oil leak got worse? K04 maybe!?
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Re: curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« Reply #2 on: 26 June 2012, 21:14 »
HERE is a pdf of the procedure..
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Re: curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« Reply #3 on: 26 June 2012, 21:18 »
do you have a copy of that workshop manual?
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Re: curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« Reply #4 on: 26 June 2012, 21:22 »
It's just Elsawin. The total install image is 37GB  :shocked: (Just the VW is 16GB without Seat, Skoda and Audi sections)
« Last Edit: 26 June 2012, 21:26 by mike. »
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Re: curious how easy to change the turbo on GTI
« Reply #5 on: 26 June 2012, 22:33 »
Thanks Mike, very much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

« Last Edit: 26 June 2012, 22:53 by Snoopy »
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