EA288 2.0 TDI 184PS Development thread..

[Millie_chops]

Thanks for the pics Monkeyhanger.

[virginVWman]

Wasn't in over the weekend so missed the parcel being delivered. Should hopefully fit it tonight if the weather improves. However from looking at the installation guide, it looks pretty simple, however how on gods earth can you access the 3 pole boost pressure plug?! You'd have to be under the age of 12 to have hands small enough to unplug this surely?

[monkeyhanger]

Wasn't in over the weekend so missed the parcel being delivered. Should hopefully fit it tonight if the weather improves. However from looking at the installation guide, it looks pretty simple, however how on gods earth can you access the 3 pole boost pressure plug?! You'd have to be under the age of 12 to have hands small enough to unplug this surely?

Very easy to access - and I have hands like shovels! Just remember to hold the locking tabs in as you pull plugs out. Gotta take mine off tomorrow as it'll be going in for some warranty work on Thurs.

[virginVWman]

Wasn't in over the weekend so missed the parcel being delivered. Should hopefully fit it tonight if the weather improves. However from looking at the installation guide, it looks pretty simple, however how on gods earth can you access the 3 pole boost pressure plug?! You'd have to be under the age of 12 to have hands small enough to unplug this surely?

Very easy to access - and I have hands like shovels! Just remember to hold the locking tabs in as you pull plugs out. Gotta take mine off tomorrow as it'll be going in for some warranty work on Thurs.

And then with all the cables, surely you cant have them draped over the engine, so do you just lead them down to the front of the engine then up? Sorry if im not describing this very well, I just don't tinker under the hood. Also, do cable ties come with?  ta

[monkeyhanger]

And then with all the cables, surely you cant have them draped over the engine, so do you just lead them down to the front of the engine then up? Sorry if im not describing this very well, I just don't tinker under the hood. Also, do cable ties come with?  ta

The cable conduits are routed around the engine in the same places as the conduits that are part of the car. They get wrapped around the current conduits to keep them in place and away from direct contact with hot engine surfaces. If you look at photos 2 and 3 above, you should have an idea of where to route them.

No cable ties required and a hell of a lot easier to get off in a hurry as a result. from where the box itself sits, the conduit for the common rail plug in goes pretty much towards the back of the bonnet, around the back of the engine and comes down the side and by the common rail. The other one for boost pressure doesn't go very far at all as the box is sat just the other side of the air intake.

Enjoy!

[Andrew@DTUK]

Ive highlighted the cables from Matts photos






The common rail loom runs along near the top of the engine just behind the block of polystyrene and i usually route it under the original black cables I've marked yellow.


The boost part of the loom simply runs around the front of the air box


the box itself sits in-between the battery and air box


Hope this helps

[virginVWman]

Great, top man! Hopefully il be able to fit this tonight, light permitting. Won't be back till 8. DESPERATE to fit this. Shame roads are sodden though, keen to rag it on the dry roads

[monkeyhanger]

Great, top man! Hopefully il be able to fit this tonight, light permitting. Won't be back till 8. DESPERATE to fit this. Shame roads are sodden though, keen to rag it on the dry roads

Park under a street light and get the torch out! With Andrew's highlighted pic, it should be a 5 to 10 min fit. Park up, pop the bonnet, lock up. Take the engine cover off (it just pulls off with 4 or 5 frictionally held pegs, route the cables and box without plugging anything in yet. By the time you've done that, the 5 mins wait for ECU power down will be done and you can unplug the original plugs, plug them into the loom and plug the other loom ends into the sockets on the common rail and the air box. Make sure the box is plugged into the loom, put it in place between the battery and the air intake box. Then you're ready to switch the engine on and everything should be ticking over nicely. Press the engine cover back on, into the peg holes (best to line up the oil filler hole first), drop the bonnet and have some fun.

[virginVWman]

Rains on...great. have to be tomorrow morning if I have time, but il make sure I make the time. Wanted to blast it to work in the morning

[virginVWman]

A monkey could fit this! Off to work now....yeh boi. This will be fun