Painting Rocker Cover and Inlet Mani

[kyle'87]

STUPID QUESTION I NO BUT CAN U JUST REMOVE THE ROCKER COVER WOULD I NEED A NEW GASKET? SAME FOR INLET WOULD I NEED A NEW GASKET OR AM I LIABLE TO BREAK SUMMIN OR MAKE A LIGHT POP UP
ANY ONE KNOW IF THERES A GUIDE

It would be worth fitting new gaskets tbh mate

 

[kyle'87]

I could do a guide but it would mean removing my rocker cover again,

Just look at all the bolts holding the rocker cover on arounfd the edges remove, remove coilpacks and hose going to the rockercover passenger side and hey presto rocker cover removed.


A few capscrews holding the inlet on and also the TB is attached to the inlet .

fiddly part is the injectors and fuel rail being in the way.

You can get away with reusing th gaskets i did as they were in good condition.

If you remove the throttle body have you got to re-align it?

 

[wilz]

Sanded it to almost a finshed polished look to get a smooth even surface then painted it -

I polished my inlet. imo its not ott and still looks oem sort of.

 

[wilz]

To the life of me i cant remember how to re align it, a high pitch oise will happen if it needs re aligned iirc


for the price of gaskets i would replace them but i did mine a s a spur of the moment weekend thing and needed the car for that week.

 

[fourtwofive]

looks good mate im just going to do the rocker.

 

[kyle'87]

To the life of me i cant remember how to re align it, a high pitch oise will happen if it needs re aligned iirc


for the price of gaskets i would replace them but i did mine a s a spur of the moment weekend thing and needed the car for that week.

ok cheers mate

will do mine probly in the new year but nice to know how to do it.

did you mask anything off on the inlet or rocker cover? Or just the obvious parts where paint shouldnt be

 

[tommy2008cupra]

u dont need to reallign i didnt anyway and had no problems, only if you start messing round with the butterfly valve do u need to reallign it which needs to be done with vagcom

 

[karls cupra]

the hose on the side of the rocker cover any one know the id of this please...

 

[daves ibiza]

what you mean bud id

 

[karls cupra]

in this pic mate the bit at the bottom that the 90 deg hose gose on do you know the inside dia..

 

[daves ibiza]

lol yeah what you want to no about it lol

 

[karls cupra]

what size hose gose on that bit ..

 

[wilz]

19mm karl from memory.

could check but its dark and raining.

 

[karls cupra]

19mm karl from memory.

could check but its dark and raining.

cheers mate i was thinkin 19mm cause people with there catch tanks use 19mm hoses

 

[wilz]

that was my knowlege i'm sure i used 19m hose onmy catch tank.