Adjusting Inter cooler pipeing ???

[GTiR_Lee]

After looking at several pic's of other R's engine bay's i have discovered that my turbo to front mount pipe is overly close to the exhaust manifold .
See

So is there anything i can do to adjust this ?? or is it just that my car has a particularly cheap front mount kit ??

Any help would be gratefully received
Lee

 

[samgtr]

thats too close it looks as if its touching, either get a new pipe or cut it and re weld it.

Sam

 

[williams]

dont need to do that, you can turn the compressor housing on your turbo, just slacken the bolts off and it should move. thats what i had to do with mine, will prob need to remove turbo though.

 

[samgtr]

dont need to do that, you can turn the compressor housing on your turbo, just slacken the bolts off and it should move. thats what i had to do with mine, will prob need to remove turbo though.

oh yeah didnt think of that

 

[PobodY]

Might as well lag it whilst you've got it off.

 

[gtir_pimp]

mine is exactly the same. ive got the manifold heatshield and lagged the intercooler pipe and the pipes fine a year and a half later. that lagging is good stuff so you can get away with taking the IC pipe off and lagging it out of position and get a manifold heatshield.

 

[darkyGTI-R]

Just out of interest from that pic,where did you relocate the expansion tank my friend?

 

[shroom]

Just out of interest from that pic,where did you relocate the expansion tank my friend?

follow the pipe... :lol:

 

[darkyGTI-R]

I have and can't see Tom:lol:

 

[skiddusmarkus]

Heatrapped mani and turbo outlet pipe, foil blanket coverng heatwrap on outlet.

 

[GTiR_Lee]

Thanks all for your replies ,
I have bought some heat reflective lagging stuff that will be going on today , and i'll have ago at twisting the turbo

Darky the expansion tank is over by the battery .

I don't really like it there but that's how it was when i got it . I looked into moving it to the more normal position , but with my pipe run as it is at the mo it wont fit :-/

 

[GTiR_Lee]

Whoo result !!
I managed to get to the bolts on the compressor housing without removing the turbo - just ,
Twisted it round a little and lagged the pipping for good measure

Loads better , Thanks all