Afternoon,

 

Just wondered if anyone had used an aftermarket inlet manifold on the VRS? I have a 2010 VRS 2.0 tsi. 

I had a code Sunday , P2015, which may be a result of me operating the vacuum actuator arm by hand the day before (to check it was moving freely) and somehow i may have dislodged the ball joint as it looked a bit mis-alsigned when i checked it when the code came on so i unclipped the ball joint and re-seated it. I have cleared the code and its not come back on since, but am pre-empting needing a new inlet manifold at some point as i am on the original version with 80k miles. 

 

The genuine part is over £500 at TPS, so am keen to explore the aftermarket options. I heard Vaico are meant to be a reasonably reputable manufacturer, but there are mixed reviews on anything non-OEM. Clearly i'd rather not install an aftermarket part that cost £150 and find it fails / throws an error code, but that said would be comfortable to take a punt on it vs  a £500 OEM part! 

 

thanks

I have an aftermarket one - not sure of make though. It's rubbish! The amount of play in the actuator where is joins the 4 butterfly's is unreal - I won't be fitting it. You'd be better off finding a low mileage used one and order a couple of OEM rubber gaskets and go from there. It would also be worth pulling the injectors, give them a clean and replace the 'O' rings etc.

 

Re the aftermarket inlet manifold, I'll try and find out it's make and let you know...

Edited 16 June, 20223 yr by MAW

Already done a carbon clean and replaced all 4 x injectors 3 years ago, so should be good as only done 11k miles since i did that work. I think i disturbed the ball joint that attaches to the actuator when i tested it by hand, as it was slightly misaligned. Since i clipped it back in, there are no more codes so far and not even a pending code (my code reader flags up when a code is pending, i.e. a fault has occured but not yet resulted in a check engine light). So will see how it goes, but thanks for the advice re after market. I'd prefer to avoid the £500 genuine part cost, you can buy a used engine for £1500.....!