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Equipment:
Tools:
Installation:
The goal of this install was to replace the crappy pancake
looking intercooler pipe with a nice round one that can actually channel
air.
The first step is to jack up the car and take the
passangers side front wheel off. You can find the tool in the picture in
your trunk with the spare. It pops the plastic caps off. Also the
locking nut bolt is in the equipment box in back:
Here are the nuts removed with the tools:
Now you can see the pancake. Why VW insists on using
restrictive parts is beyond me.... From what I hear there is no reason
behind how the hose clamps are mounted. Ours pointed in the worst
direction possible which is into the engine. Using screwdrivers, small
rachets and patience we eventually got the thing off of the engine hose and
intercooler connections. It was easy, but a pain so just give it some
time. One thing to be aware of is that there is an upper bolt that holds
the pipe to the frame, take that bolt off (ours was black) and then remove the
non threaded brass looking bolt from the slot, it keeps it stable I guess.
The hole on the pipe mount is pretty big so this makes it so that it can't move
around.
Take the dual hose clamped piece of tubing off of the
pancake or intercooler depending on how you remove it and put it on the end of
the Neuspeed pipe.
Now put the new part in reversing the order you used to
take the pancake out. Make sure you line up the hose clamps so they are
easy to get to if you ever have to work on it again. Make sure the pipe is
real snug before you tighten the clamps too.
Put the wheel back on and tighten up the nuts and lower
the car. Then tighten the wheel more and put the caps on.
And now your intercooler can breathe.
Congrats. :)
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