04-01-2012, 02:23 PM
Currently doing this to mine and finding it a bit of a ball ache in places.
M8x1.25 x 25mm bolts do fit but personally id use allen headed ones (probably cut down the originals or order new ones from pug) rather than 13mm hex as you cant get a socket or a spanner on some of them.
If you use the XSi fuel rail you dont need to buy fuel hose but then you have nothing to connect the vac pipe that runs all the way to the drivers wing so have about 2 inches of 8mm hose lying around.
If you dont get the big breather pipe for the GTi manifold to the rocker cover youll need to find one of these too or improvise something. Ive found that garden hose is almost the right size and youll need about 12" of it.
The brake servo hose can be removed from the car at the flexi joint near the bulk head. You can then cut a few inches off the joint end and cut the hard pipe from the flexi hose. Then heat up the hard pipe till its almost at melting/catching fire stage and you can push it back over the joint on the flexi.
It is definitely a good time to do the oil filter as access is great from above and also the fuel filter seen as you have de-pressurized the system.
Ill probably be back with more whinges tomorrow when I try fitting an induction kit
M8x1.25 x 25mm bolts do fit but personally id use allen headed ones (probably cut down the originals or order new ones from pug) rather than 13mm hex as you cant get a socket or a spanner on some of them.
If you use the XSi fuel rail you dont need to buy fuel hose but then you have nothing to connect the vac pipe that runs all the way to the drivers wing so have about 2 inches of 8mm hose lying around.
If you dont get the big breather pipe for the GTi manifold to the rocker cover youll need to find one of these too or improvise something. Ive found that garden hose is almost the right size and youll need about 12" of it.
The brake servo hose can be removed from the car at the flexi joint near the bulk head. You can then cut a few inches off the joint end and cut the hard pipe from the flexi hose. Then heat up the hard pipe till its almost at melting/catching fire stage and you can push it back over the joint on the flexi.
It is definitely a good time to do the oil filter as access is great from above and also the fuel filter seen as you have de-pressurized the system.
Ill probably be back with more whinges tomorrow when I try fitting an induction kit