Hi guys, basically just wondering if I should have some sort of intake pipe before the air box on my VRs, never really thought about it until now and was just looking thinking that there probably should be one as standard, I think that at some point before I had the car there was some sort of 'cold air feed' set up on it and I'm guessing that maybe the section I'm thinking of was never put back on when it was put back to standard.

I think there should be a pipe going to the front, just under the bonnet with a rectangular shaped intake by the grille? Love the avatar BTW

there should be a pipe that comes out the wing into the side of the airbox iirc

Cheers guys, I've looked at it several times before and thought that there probably should be something there but not fully concerned myself with it as it doesn't seem to affect it

All that's wrong is you'll be getting a bit of heat soak from the engine bay.

You could take a 3 inch silver flex pipe down to pick up colder air from the near the headlight if you wanted to. a lot of people do that.

Cheers guys, I've looked at it several times before and thought that there probably should be something there but not fully concerned myself with it as it doesn't seem to affect it

if you look down the left side of the airbox as you are standing infront of the engine/car, you should see a pipe going into the airbox from the wing area in the gap that is there. Can you see that?

if there isnt, then you will be propably be getting heatsoak from the engine as suggested.

also a feed is a good idea to help get better colder air into the engine

yeah thats what i noticed, i could see the entry point to the airbox and a smilar sized hole in the wing so gathered that there was a pipe to go between them

yup you are missing the pipe then, btw its different for different vag cars too so get the right one, you are probably running less pwer than you could, so get a replacement pipe!

I don`t have it to :wonder: , what is the part number for that pipe? picture would be great

not sure on part number, you def want it there though, or as alternative enlarge the port on the airbox, and fit flexi pipe/ducting to the front bumper, high enough out the way of water

I've just sorted Ross out with one of these but for anyone still looking, the part number is 1U0 129604.

This is the pipe in question

maybe I should change the title to 'was I missing something'

Had a look at fitting this over the weekend and it seems that either im missing a similar rubber seal like the one for the wing side or the hole for it on airbox has been opened up wider at some point at the is a gap of about 75mm all the way around it

Easiest solution is putting a flexible pipe in it. it doesn't change induction noise or anything only thing to watch out for is floods if you have the pipe going right to the front under the number plate apart from that very particular case there are no downsides to it.

sounds like you might have an R32 airbox or somebody has already cut it out for a flexible piping and removed it to look unmodified??

Easiest solution is putting a flexible pipe in it. it doesn't change induction noise or anything only thing to watch out for is floods if you have the pipe going right to the front under the number plate apart from that very particular case there are no downsides to it.

sounds like you might have an R32 airbox or somebody has already cut it out for a flexible piping and removed it to look unmodified??

its the Skoda airbox but i think someone might have fitted some sort of cold air feed set up previuosly which would explain why the pipe was missing to begin with