chris6210

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Jun 12, 2008
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05 Leon FR Tdi PD150
Has anyone relaced an intercooler themselves ?
If so, is it a difficult time consuming job ? Front bumper off, bolt off / bolt on ??
Thanks in anticipation ;)
 
MDS from portugal has replaced it, but no point in replacing it over here really, they are capable of atleast up to 300bhp
 
MDS from portugal has replaced it, but no point in replacing it over here really, they are capable of atleast up to 300bhp

Not gonna replace for performance reasons. The end of the connecting point has a bit of plastic broken off and does not hold pipe in correctly so I need to replace it.
 
Hold off on that if you can - i have something to trial fit on friday that may well cure the problem of the OE retaining clips breaking.

Is that the metal clips you are talking about ? My problem is on the end of the intercooler connection. A small bit if plastic has broken which holds the metal clip in position. Therefore it does not retain the pipe properly. I have a half decent temporary fix but want to sort it properly.
 
Is that the metal clips you are talking about ? My problem is on the end of the intercooler connection. A small bit if plastic has broken which holds the metal clip in position. Therefore it does not retain the pipe properly. I have a half decent temporary fix but want to sort it properly.

These are clamps that go either side of the join so removing the need for the crap clip system.