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Offline Black9

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How to replace DV?
« on: November 18, 2011, 07:59:02 am »
I have a feeling mines needs replaced so I'm looking for tips/guides to do it. Any help appreciated :smiley:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 08:44:05 am »
Ko3 or ko4?  :happy2:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 11:54:40 am »
K04 is a piece of cake as it is under the bonnet.  K03 slightly more difficult, as the cars needs to go up on axle stands as it is located on the turbo.  I tried changing mine but I couldn't get the car high enough with stands so I gave it to my mechanic to fit, took him 20 minutes so it didn't break the bank!!
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 07:19:30 pm »
Quote from: Black9 on November 18, 2011, 07:59:02 am
I have a feeling mines needs replaced so I'm looking for tips/guides to do it. Any help appreciated :smiley:

Pretty sure there is a guide on here somewhere. I found one online but be careful for non uk guides as the dv is drivers side which of course would be passenger in US and Europe :)

Apart from that long handled or small tools are helpful due to not much space under car (assuming you have a k03 standard gti engine) not hard just fiddly :happy2:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 07:25:15 pm »
This is the rough guide for the ED30...

You can skip the first 3 pictures, and just locate the DV on the turbo.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,27003.0.html
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2011, 07:38:31 pm »
He has a K03.

This is a good guide - http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86872
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2011, 07:51:18 pm »
In my personal experience it is a total pain to replace purely because of its location. Once you are in you also have very little space in which to work. If you do do it make sure you have good tools, and make sure when you are removing and replacing the bolts you have very good purchase on them. The allen bit should be fully into the bolt or you will, like I did, wear the bolt down. When I (or I should say Matt) replaced mine there wasn't even anything visibly wrong with it.
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2011, 12:49:38 pm »
It's a KO3, think I'll have my mech fit it :happy2:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2011, 02:22:45 pm »
When I done mine (k03) I jacked up the drivers side, wheel off, arch liner out, changed the dv, cleared out behind the arch liner of the crap that built up and put it all back together, only took half hour.
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2011, 05:29:41 pm »
Quote from: Nodz on November 19, 2011, 02:22:45 pm
When I done mine (k03) I jacked up the drivers side, wheel off, arch liner out, changed the dv, cleared out behind the arch liner of the crap that built up and put it all back together, only took half hour.

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Only took the front part of the arch liner off.
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2011, 11:03:45 pm »
Glad I had a piss easy one to do on an Edition30,still was a pain as I had to remove the engine cover to get at one of the bolt's! :laugh:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2011, 04:17:02 am »
You don't have to remove the engine cover
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2011, 10:33:41 am »
Quote from: Nodz on November 19, 2011, 02:22:45 pm
When I done mine (k03) I jacked up the drivers side, wheel off, arch liner out, changed the dv, cleared out behind the arch liner of the crap that built up and put it all back together, only took half hour.

I didn't think of accessing it that way, if my mechanic had charged my for the work I may be pished.....!  :evilgrin:
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2011, 10:56:47 am »
Removing the arch liner still doesn't make it really easy to access, it's still a PITA.
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Re: How to replace DV?
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2011, 05:31:04 pm »
Quote from: andrewparker on November 28, 2011, 10:56:47 am
Removing the arch liner still doesn't make it really easy to access, it's still a PITA.

Very true, I done most of it blind and you can't even get a quarter turn on the ratchet (think thats the same any way you do it)
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