jim205GTI 3 Posted February 17, 2006 Preparing to do the engine swap soon and want to get an idea of the pipework before i start.... 1: Near the bottom of the 8v engine there is like a connection block with 3 pipes connected.... and a connection block behind the thermostat which has pipe ( or two, can't remember) coming from it to the heater matrix i believe. On the 16v though the lower connection block looks like it has more connections to it and there is no connection block behind the thermo. Can i just use the one from the 8v block and replace the one on the mi or does it have to be the mi one? ( almost confusing myself on this one ) if anyone has a guide of diagram of how the cooling is sorted for an mi in the 205 i would be so grateful 2: In one the fan cowlings i believe the oil cooler is mounted. When the cowling is trimmed and the rad tilted can this stay there or will it have to be moved? Cheers Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banjo 1 Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) Thats how I did it but left out the oil cooler and the throttle body so took the purple one in that pic to the top of the thermo housing. Ben Edited February 17, 2006 by Banjo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacey205 2 Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) Or you can do it like this if you use the Mi oil cooler (I did). http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1827/16coolant205rad.gif Michael Edited February 18, 2006 by pugtorque Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 99 Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) This is how I'm doing mine. Identical to the above layout, except that the oil cooler is T'd into the rad top hose using the hose from a late spec non-pas GTI. This lets me keep the 205 thermostat cover, which is metal instead of the plastic on one the mi16 (as my plastic one broke), also useful if you don't have a BX bottom hose. Edited February 17, 2006 by RyanMoore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James_m 0 Posted February 17, 2006 Is it possible to do this using all 8v pipes, or is there some Mi specific hoses you have to use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted February 17, 2006 The basic idea is keep the system as the 8v engine was, Ditch the water pipe at the back of the cam cover as these pipes you can;t buy anymore and it makes the engine bay look neater without them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim205GTI 3 Posted February 18, 2006 Wow cheers guys!! thats just what i needed....... i had some sort of idea but these just clear it up for me!!! cheers jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Super Josh 4 Posted February 18, 2006 This is how I'm doing mine. Identical to the above layout, except that the oil cooler is T'd into the rad top hose using the hose from a late spec non-pas GTI. Shouldn't that be a hose from a late spec pas GTI? Which has the water/oil heat exchanger mounted on the gearbox? If you use a non pas hose, i didn't think that they had the oil/water exchanger and so just had a straight through top hose, or have i got it all wrong? Josh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 99 Posted February 18, 2006 Shouldn't that be a hose from a late spec pas GTI? Which has the water/oil heat exchanger mounted on the gearbox? If you use a non pas hose, i didn't think that they had the oil/water exchanger and so just had a straight through top hose, or have i got it all wrong? Josh The car my top hose came from didn't have PAS. It did have the water/oil cooler, but fitted directly to the block (as on the mi16). It may well be the same hose as the PAS car with the gearbox-mounted cooler though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
