Bay shots with a little wire tuck...

[thygreyt]

some pics of the bay to continue with the obsession.
its been 19 days since i last drove, so i am abviously bored... and i took some pics to have some eyecandy.

Injector harnesses wrapped properly for the OEM look.


polished you say?


oops... left the buffer compound on the bay.. lol. i realized it a lil too late.
still, looks good.


it shines on the dark too!


side of the engine


with a lil more light

[Sammyscenepoints]

Unf, that looks amazing.

[nothing-leaves-stock]

pop the vac tube out of the TB...its just pressed in. turn it side to side and bunch with plyers.
measure the hole and get a oil galley plug (like a small freeze out plug) and pop it in there, that tube/cap hit my eye 1st. the rest is looking good!

[nickbeezy]

pop the vac tube out of the TB...its just pressed in. turn it side to side and bunch with plyers.
measure the hole and get a oil galley plug (like a small freeze out plug) and pop it in there, that tube/cap hit my eye 1st. the rest is looking good!

hmm.. id like to try that as well...maybe my local hardware store will have something like that

[thygreyt]

pop the vac tube out of the TB...its just pressed in. turn it side to side and bunch with plyers.
measure the hole and get a oil galley plug (like a small freeze out plug) and pop it in there, that tube/cap hit my eye 1st. the rest is looking good!

i wish i could.. lol... but thats the BOV signal port.

[nothing-leaves-stock]

move it under the intake manifold then

[TylerO28]

Use a port off the manifold for signal... Or use the intake piping itself... It's not huge, but even just a plug that Is black would make a difference

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[thygreyt]

little progress.

[thygreyt]

removed the SAI pump CEL-lessly.

Resistor testing.. and it works.


pump out.


this is a MAJOR help in cleaning wires on the bay...
Since its removal, there are only 2 wires going from the body to the engine... 1)the engine harness, 2) alternator.

the only thing remaining is removing the fuse box and extending the engine harness.. then i'll be "done" with the engine bay.

i would put a pic of the bay, or of the location where the pump was, but in reality it doesnt change the way the bay looks.. yet its a grand step on the wires and on the under-the-manifold cleanness.

[TylerO28]

My little box of OEM pin connectors and the entire passenger side wiring harness with plugs set aside for OEM wire tucking...i am not satisfied with the tuck i did on the passenger side, so I'm going to make it as OEM spec as possible while still hiding it

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[thygreyt]

too much work...

This is what I've been doing since Monday... Relocating the entire harness next to the fuse box... Tue idea is to make the eventual fuse box relocation easier, and a cleaner bay.


Almost done.. 9 wires and the ground wires left over...

[HelloMyNameIs]

^ not for the faint of heart lol

[TylerO28]

Lol I've had that section torn apart more than once... I'm still reluctant to take it on though... Its just so much effort for something i want to be able to get to reliably

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[kevin splits]

Ya I'm just gonna shove the box down right behind the trans mount. Seal it with window caulking. Or do what we did on Jeferey's jetta sw and mount it on the bottom of the frame rail.

[bryangb]

Line is at the ground. But will be fabbing up an aluminum box as expansion under the frame rail.. Ok to do it?
Well start with 2 pex connectors. 1/4to1/2" and 1/2 to 3/4.
Connect top return to bottom of bubble. It requires no extra hose, but you do have to cut the hose up in front on the motor mount. About an inch and a half. Now the coolant bubble has an L shaped Lower hose, flip that and you're done on that side. I'll get close up pics. On the upper radiator hose, you'll be better off tearing it off because its a total b1tch to put the inline filler in. cut the section closest to the radiator about 4" just before the bend. Then take that piece and flip it then take the bigger half and flip it and trim the end that was just cut so you have a straight line connect it up and you're done. Burp system by running the car and watch the temp. Mine didn't ever go past regular temp. However I only needed to top off fluid because I used radiator hose clamp/pliers. So I only lost maybe a pint of rad fluid.

My head hurts after reading that

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[thygreyt]

My head hurts after reading that

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I guess it reads too complicated, but it isn't.

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[bryangb]

From an FSI owner

I guess it reads too complicated, but it isn't.

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It makes more and more sense as I actually look at the items. I am comparing this to an FSI but I imagine they are setup similar. Think I have it just about all figured out

[thygreyt]

I made a diy some time ago... Search for my created threads

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