Gawernator
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Fremont, CA
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IS20 Instalation Guide (1.8t)
- Thread starter MeltedSolid
- Start date
Deviation01
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- St. Louis
I would buy new gaskets and rings so that way you can make sure to prevent leaks from the lines. Cheap insurances as mentioned above.
Gawernator
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Fremont, CA
Doing this today. God help me
George Smooth
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- South Africa
May the force be with you. If you don't have working gloves its well worth getting a pair.
Its not too bad. George is right about the gloves. The heat shields can be slicey.
TankTopMK7
Passed Driver's Ed
I didn't drain the coolant. I just put a big pan under the lines that I removed.
MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
I think it will be much less work in the long run to drain the coolant. I was having problems with spillage even though I did mostly drain it. Either way you will have to bleed the coolant afterwards, so the only work you're saving is the initial drain at the beginning of the project. If you look at the coolant reservoir, it is above the turbo so everything in there plus any other coolant in the engine including the exhaust manifold coolant and some radiator coolant will be what spills out when the lines are disconnected.
Gawernator
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Fremont, CA
I do, thanks! So it took me so many hours to swap my catback exhaust and downpipe that I gave up on the turbo... lol
MeltedSolid
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '15 Golf, e36 328i
Oh no! Well this certainly isn't a 4:00pm on a Monday job for the average person so that's understandable.
toledospeed
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- 3rd rock
Yeah, I'm sure it would get a bit messier if you don't drain it, but good to know you can manage it if you don't. I hate how their isn't a proper drain plug on the radiator. That bottom hose was on really tight! After I drained, I was able to use large zip-lock baggies and catch most of the coolant when I popped the lines off. Have plenty available!
Gawernator
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Fremont, CA
Yeah.. it took forever to get the right reducer for the GTI catback. It doesn't make sense. It's supposed to be 2.5" I read but it's not a true 2.5" and the supplied reducer was for 2.25" I believe, a 3 to 2.5" I bought locally didn't fit either, nuts ... of course now that I have everything figured out the whole swap would be easy
No CEL either with the $15 spacer I got. Another $15 for a OBD extension O2 cable.
TwinDad
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Fort Lee, NJ
Yeah.. it took forever to get the right reducer for the GTI catback. It doesn't make sense. It's supposed to be 2.5" I read but it's not a true 2.5" and the supplied reducer was for 2.25" I believe, a 3 to 2.5" I bought locally didn't fit either, nuts ... of course now that I have everything figured out the whole swap would be easy
No CEL either with the $15 spacer I got. Another $15 for a OBD extension O2 cable.
I was just saying to someone else that if I knew what I know now, my aftermarket downpipe would have been a piece of cake. The stock sizes are metric. So our exhaust is closer to a 2-1/4" ID and the gti is 2-1/2" id. It then connects with a butt connection and a sleeve clamp. Hopefully this will help someone else out in the future.
toledospeed
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- 3rd rock
Yeah.. it took forever to get the right reducer for the GTI catback. It doesn't make sense. It's supposed to be 2.5" I read but it's not a true 2.5" and the supplied reducer was for 2.25" I believe, a 3 to 2.5" I bought locally didn't fit either, nuts ... of course now that I have everything figured out the whole swap would be easy
No CEL either with the $15 spacer I got. Another $15 for a OBD extension O2 cable.
Which DP did you go with? Hope you get back to the IS20 soon!