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Post by j1sgo » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:39 am

Finally got this done on Saturday, fairly easy job but time consuming (and thats mainly the bumper removal/refit)

Hope this helps:

1. Firstly bumper removal as per the guide on here (cant remember who did it) - to empty the water from the system the best point if found was a water pipe under the right hand side of the car, its a T piece and has a pipe coming from the bottom that is easy to remove.
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2. Remove the 2nr 10mm bolts holding the Aux rad in place (underneath) also undo the 2nr 10mm nuts to the right hand side holding the metal support frame around the rad, this will then split into 2 pieces allowing you to pull the rad down and remove.

3. You will then see the pipework behind, remove the pipe from the top left of the aux rad as you look at it (comes from the main rad - its already removed in the picture) this is the end that will be re-connected in the step 5.
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4. The other end of the pipe from the t piece going behind the metal bracket in the picture needs to be diss-conected, the aux rad and pipe are then redundant and can now be removed. At this point i then removed the bracket upright for easier access, there is a 10mm nut behind that you just slacken to remove and then another 2nr 10mm nuts to the front to then remove the bracket completely (this is not shown in photos)
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5. Then the end of the pipe diss-connected from the aux rad in step 3 is re-connected to the metal existing pipe that lives behind the metal bracket, use an extra clip from the redundant aux pipework to ensure a good seal (pic 1 below), re-fix all aux rad brackets etc and zip tie the water pipes to the right to allow space for the new ducting. You can see how the existing pipe has been routed in the 2nd and 3rd pictures below:
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6. Then removal of the airbox flap, you can see the tab in the photo, if you use a flat blade screwdriver you can prise the flap off the part you will be using to fix the CAF too in step 8
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7. At this point i plugged the end of the airbox flap vacuum tubing with a number plate fixing, its so hard/tight to get in that it doesnt even need a zip tie and makes a perfect seal.
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8. Then unscrew the 2nr screws holding the back part of the airbox flap and remove, i the cut 4mm off the larger tab to enable the 89mm ducting to pass over, i also added some foam to the top half of this for the ducting to rest on and to help the seal.
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9. Secure the new ducting using the fixing clip and re-fit to the airbox with the 2nr screws.
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10. In the next step i removed the existing rad duct from the removed aux rad, i then drilled a top fixing hole (as this used to be secured to the removed/redundant aux rad) I also cut out a section to the top right to fit over the newly re-located pipe.
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11. I used zip ties to the new drilled hole and the existing 2nr bottom holes to secure the rad duct to the existing aux rad framework, then i rounded all the plastic edges near the water pipe and added some duck tape for extra chafage protection (chafage is never good :lol:). Then i cut the new duct to length, added the trumpet and gause and secured using the duct fixing clip.
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12. The bumper re-fit (as guide) and you are finished, fill the water system back up with the G12++/distilled water as directed and leave to idle with the reseviour cap off until the fans cut in.
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It makes a nice inuction noise but more importantly give the engine constant fresh air and now the flap is gone it cannot sieze up etc loosing you performance 8) Now for the carbon clean, gut of pre-cats, stage 2 MRC manifold and map :twisted: (before the end of the year hopefully)

As usual i accept no responsibility for anything you do using the above, this is merely here to help explain the work involved :thumbs:

Below are the items i bought for the ducting above (all from demon tweeks):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revotec-Flexi ... 2c666d72ae
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revotec-Alloy ... 4605b62e8a
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revotec-Alumi ... 337550c455
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revotec-Air-I ... 4168587294

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steve

P.S - A picture of the now redundant items ;)
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Post by sonny » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:46 am

Great write up and very good job.
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Post by j1sgo » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:02 am

Cheers Sonny :thumbs:

Think write ups help as with these cars modifications seem a lot more complicated than they actually are :bigblink:
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Post by Teutonic Tuner » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:59 am

Thanks for taking the time to write this up Steve will come in very handy in the future
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Post by sonny » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:07 pm

Report your thread and Phil should make it a sticky in the FOA.
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Post by j1sgo » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:12 pm

Done ;)
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Post by sar » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:26 pm

good work! think ill do mine back end of the week when the stuff arrives from demon tweeks.
looks like you did a good job with the bumper realignment as-well, nice tight gaps-10/10. :thumbs:
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Post by rwilsonrs4 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:56 pm

great write up there , one comment tho , those oil cooler pipes are looking pretty grim where they run through to the engine bay , big lump of rust and paint looks ready to come off there , might be an die to get back in there before the winter and clean them up and get some rust eater on there and some good rust inhibiter paint .
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Post by Pyrotechnic » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:58 pm

Nice write up. Just need to keep away from puddles now ;]

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Post by j1sgo » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:04 pm

Cheers all :beerchug:

Rwilson rs4 - yes I did notice the oil cooler pipe corrosion good spotting, meant to do that but forgot. think they will be ok for a bit, get them coated in rust eater and hammerite before winter I think - probably when I remove the secondary air injection after the remap :twisted:
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Post by rwilsonrs4 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:34 pm

i recently had my bumper off to fit new height adjusters as one was missing somehow ,and i checked my cooler pipe and found they had been replaced already (date stamp 2010 on them ) but still covered them in grease anyhow , , that will probably explain how the LH adjuster centre part was missing ,been broken off , /removed or siezed of something
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Post by PhilT » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:10 pm

sonny wrote:Report your thread and Phil should make it a sticky in the FOA.
Done. Great info here :)
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Post by sar » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:15 pm

finally did mine today, the guide came in real handy thanks j1sgo.

when the aux rad was out i noticed the solenoid for the air box flap was rusting and had started to split open, maybe enough for a vacuum leak even though i had already blocked of the vacuum pipe at the top where it connects to the flap a couple of years ago when i de-flapped the air box.
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the pipe on the side goes up to the air box flap, the pipe on the the bottom is the source of the vacuum, i don't think it would be impossible for it to rot enough to cause a leak.
so i pulled the pipe of the bottom and have plugged that as well just in case.

maybe something for people to look out for.
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Post by j1sgo » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:38 am

[quote="sar"]finally did mine today, the guide came in real handy thanks j1sgo.
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Glad it helped :bigblink:

Interesting with the soleniod, when i get it mapped and remove the secondary injection, i may look into getting rid completely.
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Post by sonny » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:22 pm

rwilsonrs4 wrote:i recently had my bumper off to fit new height adjusters as one was missing somehow ,and i checked my cooler pipe and found they had been replaced already (date stamp 2010 on them ) but still covered them in grease anyhow , , that will probably explain how the LH adjuster centre part was missing ,been broken off , /removed or siezed of something
i discovered that mine was broken too, got MRC to replace it when they did my CAF. I reckon they just brake when heavy handed techs try putting the bumper back on for whatever reason.
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