Lito's MK4 GTI

[Uncle Joe]

Mate, your .MK4 looks the goods.
Sweet looking ride. Rims look fantastic.

[h100vw]

Yeah dose increase corrosion and the ceramic coat is better as it still lets the metal breath

I don't see corrosion going to be a problem on a cast manifold. It might not last forever though. Ceramic coating would be permanent though.

I have seen comments recently that wrapping and ceramic coatings have caused manifolds to crack due to the heat being retained. You can't win?

Gavin

[shinygti]

Lito's MK4 GTI

Yeah dose increase corrosion and the ceramic coat is better as it still lets the metal breath

[Lito]

Just be careful with heat wrap it can wreck the parts it is on and you have to replace it every few years as it disintegrates after a while

oh really? what does it do to the parts? does it increase corrosion or something? would a ceramic coating be preferable?

[shinygti]

Lito's MK4 GTI

Just be careful with heat wrap it can wreck the parts it is on and you have to replace it every few years as it disintegrates after a while

[Lito]

neat job, i guess thats to help with heat soak?

well the theory is that it keeps the heat inside the manifold which helps the exhaust gases flow faster. plus will help keep the compressor housing and wastegate actuator cooler

[guile]

neat job, i guess thats to help with heat soak?

[Lito]

had a crack at wrapping the manifold, i think it turned out okay...

[Lito]

what do people think about heat wrapping/ coating the manifold? also looking at getting one of these..
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/vi...d=400333865257 necessary?

[h100vw]

bugger, take your time and speaking from experience (i.e. i'm not a mechanic) i would drill the centre to allow the largest dia. easi-out you can use. i have used the really small ones before and snapped them off in the bolt, you really don;t want that to happen...

and damn you i now want a bigger turbo also

Is there anything sticking out the back to grab with some grips. I have found in the past that drilling through generates enough heat to loosen bolts off.

Richard is right though. The largest diameter easy out is the one to use. Snap On have some that are parallel rather than tapered, they seem to work ok in aviation.

Don't kill yourself to get it out, we can do that when the time is right.

Gavin

[Lito]

Drill and easy out. What's the bolt made of? Is it plain looking steel. I nearly said leave that until we get it ready to go on..... Doh!

guess i was to eager, whoops . im not sure if i should have a crack at it. might just leave it for you to do if that's okay the bolt seems to be made of a very soft steel probably to protect the threads of the aluminium housing

[guile]

bugger, take your time and speaking from experience (i.e. i'm not a mechanic) i would drill the centre to allow the largest dia. easi-out you can use. i have used the really small ones before and snapped them off in the bolt, you really don;t want that to happen...

and damn you i now want a bigger turbo also

[h100vw]

Drill and easy out. What's the bolt made of? Is it plain looking steel. I nearly said leave that until we get it ready to go on..... Doh!

[Lito]

turbo clocking, should be easy, nekminut


any suggestions on getting the bolt out?

[theOctopus]

Re: Lito's MK4 GTI

Wow that's awesome