Hi everyone,

 

Over the weekend I attempted to fit my new Darkside intercooler but had to giveup ebcause I simply could not figure out how to remove the old one (Without removing radiator too)

 

It seems as though the intercooler itself was still attached to the bottom of the plastic surroung/cross member whatever it's called and I can't see anything that could be causing that other than the grommet under it circled blue.

 

You can see that I took the crash bar off and lossened the screws on either side that secure the radiator and intercooler to the surround but I couldn't remove it as it was still somehow attached to the intercooler somewhere towards the bottom. I've had a look at the step by step guide from Forge to fit it in the MK2 but they don't show them gommets at the bottom

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Those grommets are anti vibration mounts, the radiator and intercooler assembly will just lift out of them.

Just now, sepulchrave said:

Those grommets are anti vibration mounts, the radiator and intercooler assembly will just lift out of them.

Ahh, I should’ve pulled the whole radiator assembly up then. It’s the only thing missing from every fitting guide. Will have to give it a try 

Got there in the end, took me a couple of days though 

 

Edited 8 August, 20214 yr by ruida_silva
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Nice! Have you noticed any difference driving it?

No not just yet. Doesn’t help that it’s leaking a bit from the turbo outlet, need to get a slightly different shape silicone so it goes on properly. But I didn’t expect differences until it was tuned anyway

Looks like you are missing about three of the under bonnet insulation clips, there!

1 hour ago, mrgf said:

Looks like you are missing about three of the under bonnet insulation clips, there!

I was like “huh” haha

 

Yeah I am because I took it off to see if it sounded any better in the past and lost a few in the process of putting it back, no problem though