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Offline Robby4153

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Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« on: 19 August 2013, 19:23 »
Hi all.
Sorry to be a bit vague - found an air leak from one of the four round seals on the black plastic bit that comes after the throttle body?! Canna see how to get at them, and what are they called so I can get new ones?!
Thanks, robby
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #1 on: 19 August 2013, 21:09 »
A picture would really help...
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #2 on: 19 August 2013, 21:49 »
Ha ha! Was waiting for that! Sorry, getting on here was hard enough for me! Tickover is rising and falling, so looked on here last night, and cleaned throttle body today. No better, so started looking for leaks. The bit the tb bolts to, comes over the top of the engine, and has 4 holes at front of it, about 30mm each, where the next "bit" joins to it. One of the rubber seals there is broken, can hear it sucking when I put my finger over it.
Waiting for manual to arrive, sorry for no having right names for bits!
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #3 on: 19 August 2013, 21:53 »
Are you talking about the inlet manifold?
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #4 on: 19 August 2013, 22:25 »
Aye, could be. Took out two torx head screws, and there was two plastic clips on the sides. It separated a wee bit, but didn't want to force it
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #5 on: 20 August 2013, 07:17 »
Sounds like your talking about the injector seal?   :huh:
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #6 on: 20 August 2013, 08:24 »
I'm off out to stick it back together, take it in to vw, get the seal and ask one o the mechanics how to fit them!
Sorry for lack of info, thanks for help and patience!
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #7 on: 20 August 2013, 08:32 »
Best of luck pal :)
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #8 on: 20 August 2013, 09:13 »
The best laid plans...
Leak so bad now, car hardly runs! Think it is the inlet manifold. Right under the top cover, joins to a silver coloured chamber.
On the plus side, found a new seal under bonnet that looks like the one for the job! Think previous owner knew about it, but didn't / couldn't put it on. Will search on here on how to do it.
Cheers!
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Re: Seals at front of mk4 gti?
« Reply #9 on: 20 August 2013, 10:56 »
Ok, so it's one o the 4 seals between the upper half and lower half of the intake manifold... Ordered the 4, might as well when it's apart anyway.
Just need to GET it apart now!
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